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 the prosecutor’s office
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An interested blog entry on the Sacramento Bee by Susan Ferriss points out that one Democrat candidate for California Lt. Governor is using the San Fransisco PD drug lab situation to further her campaign.
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is ramping up her use of San Francisco’s troubled crime lab in her quest for the
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In-line with the recommendations of the NAS Report, San Francisco is looking to remove the crime lab from the police department. Hopefully more communities will come to this conclusion.
A new proposal before San Francisco leaders seeks to make the city’s crime laboratory independent of the police department, in light of recent problems that have shut
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