by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 8, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab had followed policies and indulged in practices that a Raleigh newspaper and an independent auditor found were unethical, scientifically unsound, biased or all three. Leadership promised immediate... by Michelle Sparrow | Oct 13, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
When a Raleigh newspaper reported this past summer that analysts in the crime lab of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation routinely withheld test results favorable to the defendant, the scientific community and defense attorneys urged the state to make the... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 1, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
The beleaguered State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) crime lab has lost a valuable ally following the recent investigation into sloppy, if not fraudulent, procedures. The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys (NCCDA) has asked for a thorough investigation of...