FSN: Forensic Science News » Deborah Madden http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Federal Drug Charges for Former SFPD Crime Lab Supervisor http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/federal-drug-charges-for-former-sfpd-crime-lab-supervisor/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/federal-drug-charges-for-former-sfpd-crime-lab-supervisor/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:00:42 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/federal-drug-charges-for-former-sfpd-crime-lab-supervisor/ In an interesting turn of events former San Francisco criminalist, Deborah Madden, has been brought up on federal charges, even after the state opted to not press charges (SFGate).

Apparently there is a limit to what even government employees can get away with, in that crazy San Francisco.

Madden, 61, who has not been jailed

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The headline sounds incredible, but it’s true — the San Francisco Police Department delivered illegal drugs to a crime lab technician. Debbie Madden got those drugs while she was under

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San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon says negligence by some police officials is partly to blame for a drug scandal at

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/sf-police-chief-gascon-vows-negligent-police-officials-will-be-held-accountable/feed/ 1 No Conflict of Interest in SF Crime Lab Court Challenge http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/no-conflict-of-interest-in-sf-crime-lab-court-challenge/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/no-conflict-of-interest-in-sf-crime-lab-court-challenge/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:00:42 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1424 Remember when a San Francisco Judge chastised the San Francisco prosecutor’s office for now disclosing the criminal/un-professional behavior of lab analyst Deborah Madden?

District Attorney Kamala Harris response was to accuse the judge of being biased. How dare a judge not back-up the prosecutor’s office complicity in covering up the crime

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San Francisco

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/san-francisco-backs-off-on-moving-crime-lab-out-of-the-pd/feed/ 0 San Francisco Prosecutor’s Office shake-up after 1700 Drug Cases Called into Question http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/san-francisco-prosecutors-office-shake-up-after-1700-drug-cases-called-into-question/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/san-francisco-prosecutors-office-shake-up-after-1700-drug-cases-called-into-question/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:00:53 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1204 Additional information is coming out regarding the scope of Deborah Madden’s recent criminal history conviction, drug/alcohol use, and drug evidence theft. It appears that upwards of 1,700 cases have had Ms. Madden’s involvement since her criminal domestic violence conviction, previously not disclosed to prosecutors.

The then chief of the drug crimes division of

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Apparently San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris agrees, and has accused

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A San Francisco Judge has ordered the police and the District Attorney to turn over

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/judge-orders-discovery-of-documents-realted-to-san-francisco-crime-lab-controversy/feed/ 0 San Francisco Evidence Theft, and Police Cover-up http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/san-francisco-evidence-theft-and-police-cover-up/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/san-francisco-evidence-theft-and-police-cover-up/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:29 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1108 Apparently a drug analyst in San Francisco was skimming some drugs off the top of her cases…

…25 drug cases dismissed at the Hall of Justice because of questions surrounding the police crime lab and a former technician there who is suspected of stealing and using drug evidence.

On Tuesday, police said they were shutting

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