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31,000 Criminal Cases Under Review After Detroit Crime Lab Closes

Loaded on March 15, 2012 published in Prison Legal News March, 2012, page 17
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Crime Labs, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: Michigan.
After the police crime lab in Detroit, Michigan was found to have provided faulty firearm ballistics evidence in criminal cases, the lab was closed in 2008. A subsequent review of around 31,000 firearm-related prosecutions was deemed “admittedly impossible work,” said Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy.

Indifferent city officials delayed investigating …

 

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