COMMENTARY: "Yet another crime lab scandal - the real question is how many failures until they get caught and when is enough enough," by Josh D. Lee, published by "The truth about forensic science" blog, on September 6, 2012. "Josh D. Lee is a criminal defense attorney at the firm Ward Lee & Coats, in Vinita, Oklahoma. He focuses his practice on drug and alcohol cases. He is a nationally recognized speaker and published author on various forensic science related topics."
GIST: "It seems that every week there is more news coming out of a forensic laboratory of major laboratory failures. This time it is from the state of Massachusetts where a state crime lab has been shut down and 50,000 samples from at least 34,000 different accused citizens are now all in question....Where was the lab’s Quality Assurance personnel? How did they miss these errors for nine straight years?! Is that not hard to believe? Second, where was the training for the person who is supposedly solely responsible for these errors? Third, where was this person’s supervisor or supervisors? This is a laboratory wide, if not system wide, failure and not as simple of a fix as get rid of the scapegoat and all is magically perfect again."
http://www.thetruthaboutforensicscience.com/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmithThe Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
