FSN: Forensic Science News » New York http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:04:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Laboratory Analyst Falsifies Lab Report http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/laboratory-analyst-falsifies-lab-report/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/laboratory-analyst-falsifies-lab-report/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:37:29 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=910 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

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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

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