Forensics: What’s wrong with crime labs = DC mayor defends crime lab but says she wants issues ‘fully investigated’

What the heck does a mayor know about forensics? Politics, police and forensics is a hot mess of conflicts and agendas.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she wants concerns about the operations of the District’s Department of Forensic Sciences “fully investigated” after a national oversight board temporarily suspended the lab’s accreditation to perform forensic testing.
— Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/04/dc-mayor-defends-crime-lab-but-says-she-wants-issues-fully-investigated/

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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.
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