Tag: State Crime Lab
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Colorado’s DNA scandal: Hundreds of cases affected, but very few retests ordered
It has been 17 months since a young forensic biology intern doing research at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab noticed something amiss in data sets produced by Yvonne Woods, the state’s most prolific and revered DNA analyst. She alerted supervisors. What followed that September day in 2023 has grown into a scandal of…
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DNA state crime lab debacle leads to first hearing alleging innocence
Yvonne “Missy” Woods was nearly nine years into her career as a DNA scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation when she took the stand on Oct. 17, 2002, to admit a major embarrassment in her work – one she testified came as a “blow to my ego.” A masked man, using what police said…
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Over 1,000 Colorado criminal cases ‘in question’ after state DNA scientist accused of data manipulation
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DNA findings in more than 1,000 criminal cases in Colorado are now “in question” due to data manipulation by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, state officials announced on Friday when they unveiled the findings of an internal investigative report into Woods’ work. The internal CBI investigation found that Woods deviated…