Tag: Overturned Convictions In The United States
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Colorado scientist scandal echoes nationwide cases of misconduct and overturned convictions
The type of scandal at Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab has been seen before. In Massachusetts and Oklahoma crime labs, scientist misconduct ultimately triggered tens of thousands of overturned convictions and the release of an innocent man from death row. One man may have been wrongly executed, as well. And while not identical to…
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DA files murder charges against Federal Heights stabbing suspect
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The 17th District Attorney’s Office filed first-degree murder charges against a suspect in a Federal Heights stabbing that left one woman dead. The man is still missing and police believe he may be heading for the Mexico border. Officers are still searching for Adrian Carracedo-Vega, 35, in connection to a stabbing that occurred on Dec.…