Tag: Wrongful Conviction
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CBI scandal: New details raise questions about DNA evidence in Boulder murder case
Analysis by disgraced former state forensic scientist Missy Woods at heart of Michael Clark’s innocence claim
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Defendants in organized crime case say wealthy businessman pursuing them had a secret weapon: The DA
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Blue Ocean Enterprises, an investment firm founded by the wealthy manufacturer of the popular OtterBox smartphone protective cases, was able to rely on an ally to criminally prosecute the firm’s former business partners and their associates over a failed business deal. In an arrangement one…
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State crime lab debacle had earlier warnings of misconduct from ‘golden child’ DNA scientist
Anomalies in cases go back at least 10 years, a Colorado Bureau of Investigation internal affairs report shows.
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Accusations of flawed Colorado crime lab work haunt 2003 rape conviction
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every Saturday, the call comes in at 10:30 a.m., on the dot. Vinnie Chacon knows that’s when her 64-year-old brother James Hunter will telephone her from Colorado’s Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City. Hunter has been incarcerated for more than 21 years, ever since his…
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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…
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10th Circuit denies immunity to Denver detectives who coerced teenager’s false murder confession
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four Denver law enforcement officers may be sued for the coerced confession of a cognitively-impaired 14-year-old boy, resulting in false information that led to his wrongful conviction for murder, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Friday. A three-judge panel of the U.S.…