Tag: Yvonne Woods
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Missy Woods pleads not guilty; trial set for fall
The former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA expert charged with more than 100 felonies entered a plea of not guilty to all of them Wednesday in a packed Jefferson County courtroom. The plea was entered by her defense attorney Tom Ward. Yvonne Woods, who goes by the name Missy, was the state’s former top DNA…
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Former CBI DNA expert Missy Woods plea delayed again
The case against Yvonne Woods, the state’s former top DNA scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab, was pushed back again Tuesday with an arraignment for her to enter a plea now scheduled for Feb. 11. The court case will have stretched a year next month. Woods, who goes by Missy, is at…
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Denver police crime lab triples number of cases under review in CBI scandal
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Police Department’s crime lab has now significantly expanded its review of DNA testing previously done by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s troubled forensic lab, bringing the total to more than 1,300 past sexual assault cases in the area. That is more than triple…
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‘I felt this sense of peace’: Amid CBI lab scandal, Colorado man gives first interview since release from prison
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michael Clark awoke with a start at his usual time, just after 5 a.m., his eyes adjusting to the darkness, his brain gauging the surroundings that felt familiar yet also somehow foreign. What struck him most that first morning was the quiet. It had never…
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Missy Woods: Disgraced former CBI DNA expert headed to trial on felony charges
Woods faces more than 100 felony charges alleging she falsified DNA evidence in more than 1,000 cases
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Court filing: DNA retest against convicted killer Michael Clark now excludes him, casting doubt on entire case
New revelation contradicts key testimony of former CBI forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods
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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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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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Groups accuse Colorado Bureau of Investigation of skirting oversight in forensic lab investigation
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Two groups accused the Colorado Bureau of Investigation of skirting a federally required oversight process to investigate misconduct in its forensics lab, adding to mounting allegations of wrongdoing at the embattled agency. In a five-page letter dated Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and the Korey Wise Innocence Project demanded more accountability and…
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Prosecutor requests new DNA testing in Colorado murder case tied to CBI scandal
The Boulder County district attorney has asked for new DNA testing in the murder case of a defendant who was convicted largely on the strength of the analysis done by now disgraced Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist Yvonne Woods, who goes by Missy. In a court filing Nov. 1, Michael Dougherty said the additional…