Crime Lab Minute

Attorney challenges crime lab assessment
Wisconsin
A Brookfield attorney maintains that, contrary to the opinion of state Attorney General JB Van Hollen, all is not well at the state crime lab.

LA sheriff's office has 5600 rape kits in storage
California
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department acknowledged Wednesday that it has more than 5,600 evidence kits from rape cases in storage but doesn't know how many are unprocessed.

Crime lab woes may mean new trial in murder case
Michigan
The crime lab was shut down in September after a Michigan State Police audit found mistakes and errors in some evidence used to prosecute murder and other cases.

Wrongful convictions pinned to old forensic science
Nebraska
The six people initially convicted in a 1985 murder case were exonerated by DNA tests - the first time that's happened in Nebraska.

Do not degrade Detroit's crime lab
Michigan
The recent problems in the Detroit Police Department Crime Laboratory have received national media attention.

DPS hit up cities for crime lab fees
Arizona
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is charging cities for the use of its crime lab.

Court Weighs How Juries Should Hear Lab Evidence
New York Times
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could have broad implications for how prosecutors present evidence from crime laboratories at trial.