POST: "Thousands of cases compromised due to faulty forensic analysis," by Christian Hernandez, published by North Carolina Forensics on March 4, 2013.
GIST: "In recent months, faulty forensic analysis has been exposed in several labs across the country. The failure of a handful of lab analysts to correctly perform forensic analysis has compromised thousands of cases. In each situation the failures are different, but they expose a lack of oversight of analyst performance in the affected labs. The following are several of the most serious failures:.........In sum, it is important for the attorneys to be aware of the risks of not reviewing the lab reports, including the underlying data, in all of their cases. Although the majority of labs endeavor to monitor the work of individual analysts through case reviews, the cases above indicate that supervision cannot completely deter deficient performance by individual analysts."
The entire post can be found at:
http://ncforensics.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/thousands-of-cases-compromised-due-to-faulty-forensic-analysis/
See MetroWest Daily News story on "a little-known effect" of the Dookhan crisis:
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1522335818/After-Dookhan-backlog-burdens-Sudbury-drug-lab
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I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
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/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
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.
