AG Martha Coakley calls for independent probe of state drug lab policies and procedures
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Boston Globe 31 Oct 2012
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/10/31/martha-coakley-calls-for-independent-probe-state-drug-lab-policies-and-procedures/GuIdMmUxDdPUXz0QI0ycNM/story.html
Attorney General Martha Coakley is asking the governor to appoint an independent investigator to review the policies, practices, and oversight at the state laboratory in Jamaica Plain where a chemist’s alleged mishandling of evidence has thrown thousands of drug cases into question. The attorney general’s office wants to focus on a criminal investigation of Annie Dookhan, the diminutive chemist from Franklin at the center of the drug lab scandal, and let the independent investigator conduct a broader look.
Science In The Courtroom
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St Paul crime lab problems 'a wake-up call for everybody'
Minnesota Public Radio July 26, 2012
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/26/law/crime-lab-legal-fallout/
Failed Justice: Death Investigations in Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio September 6, 2011
Prosecutors, Ethics, and Expert Witnesses
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Giannelli,
Paul C. and McMunigal, Kevin C., Prosecutors, Ethics, and Expert Witnesses.
Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-04; Fordham Law Review, Vol. 76, 2007.
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=108404
Microscopic Hair Comparisons
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Giannelli,
Paul C. , Microscopic Hair Comparisons: A Cautionary Tale (April 12, 2010).
Criminal Law Bulletin, Forthcoming; Case Legal Studies Research Paper No.
2010-17. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1588151