The Detroit Crime Lab might be re-opening. If it does, it will be under the Michigan State Police, not Detroit PD.
If city officials open a crime lab in a new police headquarters, the facility won’t be staffed by Detroit police.
Detroit police tell the Detroit Free Press for a story Tuesday that Michigan State Police will
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The City of Detroit will be paying $1 Million to Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office to have one year’s worth of evidence investigated. That’s a lot of money. This is the perfect example of why it is better to pay a little extra up front, to have a sufficient number of properly trained laboratory analysts,
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State Police must reanalyze Detroit’s mishandled evidence
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says her office has identified 147 cases of convicted and imprisoned people that will require the retesting of evidence as part of the investigation into the now-closed Detroit police crime lab — unveiling the first of potentially thousands of cases that are at
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Originally posted here.
DETROIT (AP) — Authorities have identified 147 cases of convicted and imprisoned people that will require retesting of evidence as part of a search for cases where the now-shuttered Detroit police lab may have misjudged results.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy told the Detroit Free Press for a story Sunday the number represents the “tip
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