Just a  cross-section of today’s news feeds on the intersection of crime, crime labs, police and justice. Here are the issues.

This entire state’s police force keeps ignoring rape kits. Article from West Washington State.

The police and crime lab lost DUI evidence in a 2 fatal car crash. Defense wants case dismissed. Article from Toronto., Canada.

Merging smaller labs with bigger = ? Larger problems? Article from Omaha.

Money is the root of the crime lab existence. Article from Louisiana.

The future of crime labs. UP to now, this crime lab “doesn’t pay. Same lab in Louisiana Skip the initial pop-up about plumbers.

Hope for crime lab to “speed-up justice.” Details include dumping the state run crime lab for private company. Article from Winston-Salem. 

Fixing up the crime lab roof. Article from South Africa. Remember Pistorus?