By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-24 01:11:19 | Updated at 2025-01-27 19:25:16
3 days ago
'Golden child' forensic crime scientist faces 102 criminal charges over scandalous mistakes
UK Daily Mail ^ | 1/23/2025 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
Posted on 01/23/2025 4:34:01 PM PST by fruser1
A Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist has been accused of jeopardizing hundreds of criminal cases after she cut corners and failed to follow testing protocols.
The investigation into her alleged misconduct began in September 2023 after an intern at the bureau discovered missing information in a sexual assault case that Woods handled in 2018.
A probe into other cases found that Woods had altered data to conceal tampering or contamination, deleted information that showed she failed to troubleshoot issues within the testing process and did not thoroughly document tests performed in case records, authorities said.
the Colorado Department of Public Safety last year asked the Legislature for $7.5 million to pay for an independent lab to retest up to 3,000 DNA samples and for district attorneys to review and potentially reprosecute cases that are affected by lab errors.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dna
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So much for that "infallible" DNA stuff...
1 posted on 01/23/2025 4:34:01 PM PST by fruser1
To: fruser1
Something very similar happened in Massachusetts a few years ago.
2 posted on 01/23/2025 4:35:57 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: fruser1
To: fruser1
DNA evidence is only as good as the collector and analyst.
4 posted on 01/23/2025 4:38:10 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
To: fruser1
Look up "Annie Dookhan."
"At the time of her crimes, she worked at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Drug Abuse lab, but was placed on administrative leave and subsequently quit after admitting to falsifying evidence affecting up to 34,000 cases." The first sign that anything was wrong with her was spotted in 2011.
5 posted on 01/23/2025 4:39:23 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: George from New England
DEI ?
How dare you question the integrity of this fine female scientist! You must be a misogynist!
6 posted on 01/23/2025 4:42:00 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: Steely Tom
7 posted on 01/23/2025 4:42:21 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: fruser1
Here's your double-helix "Golden Child":
8 posted on 01/23/2025 4:53:32 PM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
To: fruser1
The intern discovered the problems --
To: Steely Tom
Why wouldn’t she be in jail?
To: Blurb2350
The other two pictures of her look like a different woman.
To: fruser1
‘Who guards the guardians?’
To: alternatives?
Yes, those are older (i.e., younger) photos from when she was still working as a DNA analyst. She retired back in 2018 or 2019, and this is her 2025 booking photo.
13 posted on 01/23/2025 5:06:47 PM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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