BREAKING: Examiner may have falsified 479 DNA tests

[Bluebear]

Army investigating allegations that civilian examiner may have falsified DNA results in 479 military criminal cases over the last ten years.

CNN

WASHINGTON - The Army is investigating allegations that a civilian forensic examiner at the Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory at Fort Gillem, Ga., falsified DNA test results.

The allegations, if true, would throw into doubt hundreds of criminal cases dating back at least a decade.

The examiner on June 2 admitted to making a false entry on a control sample used during one DNA examination, and the laboratory is now reviewing 479 or more cases the accused examiner has worked on since he began in 1995, according to an announcement Friday by the Army Criminal Investigation Command, or CID...

The lab at Fort Gillem is the only Army facility that performs forensic examinations in support of military criminal cases. It provides services to all military investigative agencies and is the only accredited full-service crime lab in the federal government outside the FBI.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9089283/

[MissB]

1. Welllll

that is a shitload of cases.

[Bluebear]

2. I wonder how many executions were carried out based on these "tests"

:scared:

[11cents]

8. These were for courts-martial, presumably.

So no executions, at least.

[Bluebear]

10. That is a relief at least. nt

[jmm]

3. Here's a link

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9089283/

[Bluebear]

6. Thanks jmm! Updated OP.

Cheers.

[jsamuel]

4. why would anyone do that

[Bluebear]

7. Why, to 'support' the government's case in prosecutions!

:crazy:

[achtung_circus]

9. 2 possible reasons

Forensics are a supporting service to lead investigator.

DNA tends to be used as inculatory, rather than exculpatory evidence at trial.


BTW: does any of the alleged sexual abuse/assault cases at the Air Force Academy come under forensic suspicion, now?

[Solly Mack]

5. quelle surprise

[wli]

11. faking DNA evidence right and left...

No big surprise.