Lawmakers fixing crime lab woes???
Austin American Statesman
Dated - January 5, 2005
By -- Juan A Lozano, Associated Press
Page - B7
Entitled: "Lawmakeers consider fixes to state's crime lab woes"
This is a very interesting article -- well, interesting to me in that it has become a huge issue simultaneously in Houston at the same time that my husband died in November 11, 2002, in the Houston area.
In 2002, Harris County began having a rash of DNA testing that proved the innocence of many people in jail, previously convicted for rape and murder crimes. This had proved prior testing erroneous and many crime lab workers cited poor working conditions and heavy work loads. It was the public's opinion that something should have been spoken out on this subject matter before it had become such a travesty.
Going on three years after the discovery of the flagrant mishaps, the lawmakers are going to get to the bottom of the issue and end these injustices. However, in the shadows of the discoveries, one begins to wonder how many more injustices will never be able to be reconciled because the convicted was eventually killed on death row -- forever being a mark of question in the death row conviction rates.
The accuracy of the investigators process is on a plate of scrutiny now and shall be forever more -- making it easier for cases going to courts to question the validity of the results on appeal, as will on initial impact of the courtroom.
A dominoeing effect, it is certainly going to make it harder for a crime lab to prove its results; however, as hard as that may be, it must be done. Hopefully, the lawmakers will be able to agree on some ground rultes to help make this happen!!
Dated - January 5, 2005
By -- Juan A Lozano, Associated Press
Page - B7
Entitled: "Lawmakeers consider fixes to state's crime lab woes"
This is a very interesting article -- well, interesting to me in that it has become a huge issue simultaneously in Houston at the same time that my husband died in November 11, 2002, in the Houston area.
In 2002, Harris County began having a rash of DNA testing that proved the innocence of many people in jail, previously convicted for rape and murder crimes. This had proved prior testing erroneous and many crime lab workers cited poor working conditions and heavy work loads. It was the public's opinion that something should have been spoken out on this subject matter before it had become such a travesty.
Going on three years after the discovery of the flagrant mishaps, the lawmakers are going to get to the bottom of the issue and end these injustices. However, in the shadows of the discoveries, one begins to wonder how many more injustices will never be able to be reconciled because the convicted was eventually killed on death row -- forever being a mark of question in the death row conviction rates.
The accuracy of the investigators process is on a plate of scrutiny now and shall be forever more -- making it easier for cases going to courts to question the validity of the results on appeal, as will on initial impact of the courtroom.
A dominoeing effect, it is certainly going to make it harder for a crime lab to prove its results; however, as hard as that may be, it must be done. Hopefully, the lawmakers will be able to agree on some ground rultes to help make this happen!!
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