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Dec 02, 2022

New Audit Delivers Another Blow To D.C.’s Embattled Forensics Lab

The investigation found evidence of inconsistent regulations, partners circumventing the statutory oversight structure, and a lack of resources.

Dec 14, 2021

Report Calls For Review Of Cases From Troubled D.C. Crime Lab

A report ordered by Mayor Muriel Bowser recommends a complete overhaul of D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences.

May 13, 2021

D.C. Attorney General Calls For New Leadership At Troubled Crime Lab, Discloses New Concerns

“The lab’s actions undermine the integrity of scientific evidence in the District’s most serious criminal cases,” wrote Attorney General Karl Racine to Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Dec 14, 2018

Comic Relief: This Dry Government Report Got A Makeover

You’ve never seen a government report quite like this.

 
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