Los Angeles County will retest about 4,000 DNA samples connected to criminal cases after discovering that it had been using potentially defective test kits to collect evidence for several months, Sheriff Robert Luna said in a statement this week. - ThreadSky

nytimes.com • 3 days ago

Los Angeles County will retest about 4,000 DNA samples connected to criminal cases after discovering that it had been using potentially defective test kits to collect evidence for several months, Sheriff Robert Luna said in a statement this week.

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blondestrong.bsky.social•3 days ago

My guess: mostly rape investigations? Bigger backlogs…

captainwakeupusa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well everything’s just a shit show isn’t it

athion.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wonder how many innocent people are languishing behind bars because of these defective kits?

hikeitup.bsky.social•3 days ago

“There’s this larger problem that quality controls just do not exist in the world of forensics like they do in the world of medicine."
Maybe that's the next thing that needs fixing.

hauntedtypewriter.bsky.social•3 days ago

Law doesn't matter in this country. Everybody just does what they want, and if you have power you can do horrible things. the only way to stop them is to get enough people together to do horrible things back. At least that's the lesson I'm getting recently.