Laboratory Analyst Falsifies Lab Report

A foren­sic lab­o­ra­tory ana­lyst dry-labs cases. That is, they didn’t actu­ally per­form the foren­sic test­ing they are sup­posed to, and instead just sim­ply authors reports that indi­cate a crime has occurred.

A for­mer chemist with Erie County’s crime lab­o­ra­tory admit­ted she failed to con­duct the proper foren­sic tests in a local drug case, but authorities

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Another Case for Independent Laboratory Re-Analysis

A recent review of foren­sic work in the New York State Police foren­sic lab sys­tem has found very seri­ous deficiencies.

A report released by Inspector General Joseph Fisch found that not only was State Police foren­sic sci­en­tist Garry L. Veeder per­form­ing defec­tive tests between 1993 and 2008, but that his super­vi­sors either failed or were not scientifically

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