Colorado DNA scandal threatens to overturn hundreds of criminal cases [View all]
Source: BBC
Colorado DNA scandal threatens to overturn hundreds of criminal cases
8 March 2024
By Max Matza
BBC News
Hundreds of criminal convictions may now be re-examined after investigators in Colorado found that one of their DNA analysts manipulated testing samples.
Yvonne "Missy" Woods is accused of manipulating data during her 29-year career for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) crime lab.
On Friday, the CBI said they had found 652 cases affected by her recent work. Some 3,000 samples require re-testing.
No charges have been filed against Ms Woods, who has retired from the CBI.
Officials are now examining all of her work, dating back to 1994. The CBI has set aside $7.5m (£5.8m) to conduct new tests, re-try cases and potentially reimburse inmates for wrongful convictions.
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