« Indiana Law - Domestic violence handbook | Main | Law - Supreme Court vacates Texas redistricting decision »
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Law - Crime labs under the microscope
"When Labs Falter, Defendants Pay" is the headline to today's story in the Chicago Tribune series on Forensics Under the Microscope. A quote:
Labs are supposed to be where science and the pursuit of justice merge, but too often they are a place where mistakes, omissions and a lack of rigor lead investigators down false trails that end in wrongful convictions. A Tribune investigation has found that across the country, forensic science is being undermined by unproven theories and experts who testify in a misleading fashion. * * *In crime labs across the country, DNA testing has unraveled convictions built on faulty lab work, and crime analysts have been accused of slanting their test results to help prosecutors win convictions.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 20, 2004 07:13 AM
Posted to General Law Related