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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.

May 17, 2012

Evidence Made Public In Trayvon Martin Killing: Photos Of Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin’s Autopsy, Witness Statements

The autopsy report shows that Trayvon Martin had “traces of THC – an ingredient found in marijuana – in [his] blood plus a positive test for cannabinoids in his urine.”

Feb 17, 2010

Prosecutors Outline Theories and Evidence in Robert Wone Case

Robert Wone A recent court filing in the ongoing Robert Wone case outlines some of the prosecution’s theories as to how the lawyer may have been killed, as well as why the three men facing conspiracy and obstruction charges are covering it up. In the filing, made public on Feb. 15, lead prosecutor Glenn Kirschner noted that while the murder investigation remains open, “there is ample admissible evidence demonstrating the killer is someone known…

Oct 17, 2009

FBI Analyst Taints Levy Case DNA Evidence

And now, yet another dissapointing twist in the Chandra Levy murder case: during the hearing for Ingmar Guandique, who was arrested on murder charges back in April, it was revealed that a since-fired FBI analyst mixed some of her own DNA on to evidence collected from the crime scene. The Post reported that the damaged evidence included clothing which Levy was wearing when she was discovered. Guandique’s attorneys, already playing the “incompetent law enforcement” card,…

 
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