Massive Crime Lab Scandals Undermine Faith in Justice System

In this video I discuss 4 cases where crime lab technicians were caught stealing evidence and/or falsifying reports resulting in over 36,000 convictions being overturned. In addition, the Detroit Crime lab was permanently closed over an investigation by the Michigan State Police which discovered a "shocking level of incompetence." If "experts" are willing to take short cuts, lie, steal and falsify evidence on matters this serious, why would we expect better behavior out of other experts when the stakes are lower and the incentives are higher?

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/csi-is-a-lie/390897/

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/oregon-district-attorney-reviewing-convictions-in-crime-lab-scandal/

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/forensic-crime-lab-malpractice-surfaces-in-oregon/8998.article

https://www.dallasjustice.com/report-on-crime-lab-evidence-released-dps-lab-tech-jonathan-salvador-may-have-sent-1000s-to-texas-prisons-in-wrongful-convictions-and-the-cca-is-reversing-the-convictions/

https://www.texasobserver.org/fake-lab-results-endanger-thousands-of-drug-convictions/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massachusetts-crime-lab-drug-testing-scandal-rcna48940

https://www.npr.org/2012/09/20/161502085/state-crime-lab-scandal-rocks-massachusetts

https://www.albertleatribune.com/2014/05/st-paul-police-crime-lab-to-seek-accreditation-from-national-board/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/crime-lab-scandals-the-focus-of-new-doj-plan/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/error-prone-detroit-police-crime-lab-shut-article-1.321585

annie dookhan
sonja farak
Massachusetts State Chemist
Detroit Police Crime Lab
fbi scandal
frederic whitehurst