Massachusetts Crime Lab Administrator Suspended
An AP newswire article by David Weber, via CBS News, reports that:
A Massachusetts State Police crime lab administrator has been suspended for failing to turn over DNA matches to a number of unsolved cases until after the statute of limitations had expired, the department said.More here.
In other cases, state police said, the employee informed investigators of DNA matches that turned out to be inaccurate.
State Police Lt. William Powers said the discrepancies had not led to any tainted convictions, but they impeded the work of investigators. The most serious problems involved the expired statutes of limitations, he said.
Powers declined on Friday to name the crime lab employee, who was suspended with pay Thursday, or say if it is a man or woman.
posted by Fergie @ 1/13/2007 08:14:00 PM
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