Category Archives: Crime lab scandal

Forensics: Scandal-hit Queensland DNA lab repeats major testing error as rape victims wait over a year for results

Posted on August 4, 2025 by csidds

This all started in 2022. Someone is playing dirty with the evidence in urgent criminal cases. Damning review exposes ongoing issues at Forensic Services Queensland, including failure to properly test sample from violent unresolved crime — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/04/forensic-services-qld-queensland-dna-lab-ntwnfb

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Forensics: Bode lab lost DNA extract in murder case. Family gets no explanations.

Posted on June 5, 2025 by csidds

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-murder-case-dismissed-dna-evidence-lost/3928612/

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Forensics: Rape victim who is a CO politician pushes for new bill to counteract disfunctional state DNA lab.

Posted on May 4, 2025 by csidds

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/proposal-to-address-colorado-bureau-of-investigations-woes-heads-to-state-house/article_17750a3d-ae0d-4334-b1b0-74f7688701ee.html

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Forensics: Total meltdown of cop forensics lab in Baltimore. Cops managers reluctant to admit details stemming from lab whistleblower.

Posted on April 22, 2025 by csidds

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/baltimore-police-face-federal-retaliation-suit-claim-of-mishandling-26000-fingerprints

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Forensics: The quagmire of law enforcent agencies leads to poor quality control and standards in forrensic services. There are 18000 separate cop shops in the US. Article by Professor Max Houck.

Posted on April 17, 2025 by csidds

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxhouck/p/the-juridictional-problem-in-forensic?r=j5102&utm_medium=ios

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Police lab takes years to test DNA. Outside lab is quicker but ignores court orders for transparency. Judge is pissed

Posted on March 28, 2025 by csidds

. https://www.wdrb.com/wdrb-investigates/louisville-police-crime-lab-admit-mistakes-were-made-in-handling-evidence-in-murder-case/article_3965a063-6066-45d6-b9f8-ade1b40d00d1.html

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Forensics: The 40 year history of cheating police crime lab “scientists” in the US. No oversight from lab directors. The latest case has CBI chief being allowed to retire. Chilling.

Posted on March 16, 2025 by csidds

https://denvergazette.com/colorado-watch/drug-laboratory-irregularities-massachusetts-oklahoma/article_edd6fe4a-0069-11f0-8fc1-bf081f5d30ff.html

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Forensics: Faulty expert testimony and inaccurate cop investigation leads to $25M payout. 30 years in prison

Posted on March 13, 2025 by csidds

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/former-investigator-co-defendant-speak-trial-wrongful-conviction/3519023/

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Forensics: From our archive. How so-called forensic examiners say their beliefs are “scientific.” This story shows a bitemarker saying his opinion is better than DNA. He speculated one person made the bite and someone else then spit on it.

Posted on March 12, 2025 by csidds

https://csidds.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/bite-mark-expert-defends-his-methods-as-good-for-the-court-system-without-scientific-validation/?preview=true

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