Sunday, June 28, 2026

June 28: Yvonne "Missy" Woods: Colorado: Question of the day: This disgraced forensic scientist has entered into a plea with the prosecutors that, if accepted by the court, could lead to a sentence of 8 to 16 years0 Is this sufficient, when one considers the fact that she faced 100 felonies (plus) of which she will only be held responsible for four?


PUBLISHER'S NOTE: While thinking about the kind of sentence that Yvonne "Missy" Woods should receive, I stumbled on a post by a Louisianer named Bo Grant, who shares with her followers her love of reading and writing books, especially 'romantic novels'. I was therefore fascinated to read on her Blog 'Bo Grant: 'Your favourite online bestie,' the following post, which echoed my feelings that 'Missy Woods' punishment - given the harm she had caused to victims and innocent accused people on a massive scale  (if it  falls between the agreed on lines, 8 to 16 years,  did not fit her crimes. Her post is powerful. She obviously cares as much about justice as she does romance! So, in a proverbial nutshell,  I'm with her all the way. We should all share the raw anger that is warranted, when a pathologist, coroner,  lab echnician,  or DNA analyst such as Yvonne "Missy" Woods abuses their responsibly and victims of crimes and innocent people accused of crimes suffer. Yet it is rare for these abusers of power  to be brought to account, because the police, prosecutors and politicians who bask in the glory of the convictions they piled up - do not want to face the the inevitable chaos in the  courts, countless appeals, lawsuits and inquiries, and loss of public confidence (deserved or not)  in their criminal justice system. All eyes will be on  the sentencing hearing, which is set for September 8, 2026. Read on!

Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;

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POST: "Yvonne "Missy Woods: Deleted DNA evidence to make her day easier,' published on Facebook at the link below: by writer Bo Grant, a  bright, stimulating,  well rounded author with an obvious  passion for life - and a special interest in 'breaking news'.

SUB-HEADING: Missy Woods accepts plea deal, avoids trial on 100 felonies.

Yvonne "Missy Woods" is a monster who just rocked our justice system to its core.

Yvonne "Missy" woods just pled guilty to four felony counts so that she wouldn't have to plead guilty to the hundreds of counts she actually committed.

Has this not made national headlines yet?

Because this is breaking news.

This was a forensic scientist who was manipulating and deleting DNA evidence while working for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation as (a) DNA analyst for nearly 30 years.

What they found in this one investigation of this forensic scientist is absolutely heartbreaking, and utterly infuriating.

Although they are pointing this woman as if she just did the honourable thing to plead guilty to four felony charges, what the investigation found was: that this one woman was intentionally leaving DNA samples out, repeatedly testing the same DNA samples out until she got the results she wanted, intentionally not reporting the DNA findings in cases - and in at least 30 assault cases simply deleted the DNA evidence.

The whole thing in her reports: stating that the male DNA she received didn't actually have any male DNA. when in fact the sample she had did have male DNA.

(We're) not just talking (about) victims having their cases dropped because of the lack of DNA evidence.

it's a fact that some of these victims weren't believed because the proof in the DNA never actually made it to the right hands.

You're talking in some of these cases (about) innocent people (who) were sent to jail for crimes they never committed.

One Colorado man who has spent the last 12 years in prison thanks to his DNA being mishandled by Missy Woods, Michael Clark, has since been freed of a crime he says he never committed.

But his kids who were children when he went to jail now grown up and he'll never get that time back,
thanks to what this woman intentionally and repeatedly did over the course of decades.

(We're) talking (about) cases where the DNA evidence played a pivotal role in people being found guilty versus not guilty - then trying to paint this woman as if she is now doing the right thing by accepting responsibil

Her pleading guilty to four felony charges was an agreement she made after initially putting in a plea of not guilty. So why is she leading guilty now?

Because it was agreed that they would drop hundreds of charges against her,.

It would only be serving 8 to 16 years - a woman who intentionally ruined victims cases and put innocent people behind bars."

The entire post can be read at:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/942757155439321

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. 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. 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. FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."Lawyer Radha Natarajan: Executive Director: New England Innocence Project; FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true;

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