by Michelle Sparrow | Feb 15, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Debates about forensic evidence are not new in North Carolina. For a while last year, it seemed you couldn’t pick up a paper without seeing a story about the problems at the state crime lab and the State Bureau of Investigation. A major concern for defense... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 16, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
In our last post, we started to tell the story of an assistant medical examiner in Minnesota who claimed the prosecution made specific threats against her after she testified for the defense. The larger context is a nation-wide issue with state-run forensic science... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 12, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Timing is everything. The Raleigh newspaper that brought the problems at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation crime lab to light recently criticized state officials for not promptly turning over documents requested under the public records law. One of the...