FBI Called in to Investigate North Carolina Crime Lab

Testing cases going back 20 years is going to be expen­sive and time con­sum­ing. These errors could have been caught if the lab had a pol­icy in place for bet­ter dis­cov­ery. The United States has an adver­sar­ial legal sys­tem, a series of checks and bal­ances. As long as crime labs are con­trolled by prosecutorial

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Another Example of Why Greater Transparency is Need in Crime Labs

A 1993 homi­cide con­vic­tion was recently over­turned by a judi­cial review panel. The rea­son? The state didn’t dis­close infor­ma­tion to the crim­i­nal defense attor­ney (or even the jury), that would poten­tially excul­pa­tory to the defendant.

Remember in the United States we have an adver­sar­ial legal sys­tem. Attorneys for both sides basi­cally try to “sell”

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