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Colorado lawmakers wade into a scandal at state's crime lab

Lawmakers push reforms for Colorado forensic science in wake of CBI lab scandal

The bill would require employees in crime laboratories to report misconduct up their internal chain of command within 14 days of learning about it

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Colorado lawmakers seek mandatory reporting, investigation of misconduct to address DNA scandal at state lab

Lawmakers in Colorado are pushing for reforms after the Yvonne 'Missy' Woods scandal at the CBI. Two bills aim to address the issues and transparency.

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Colorado lawmakers wade into a scandal at the state's crime lab

Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the Colorado State Capitol have joined forces on a bill they hope restores trust in the state's crime lab after a scandal involving a veteran DNA analyst.

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Colorado lawmakers introduce bill to address misconduct at CBI crime lab

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers introduced new legislation on Thursday to strengthen the rules for reporting and investigating misconduct in CBI's crime laboratory.

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Boulder sheriff walks back partnership with state lab amid DNA testing backlog

Sheriff Curtis Johnson wrote in a Feb. 10 letter to CBI director Chris Shaefer that the agency will instead send genetic ...

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Boulder sheriff no longer using CBI for DNA testing over concerns with backlog, quality control

The Boulder County Sheriff's Department is no longer using the state’s lab for DNA analysis, citing the year-and-a-half ...

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Boulder County Sheriff's Office cuts ties with CBI for DNA analysis over testing, backlog concerns

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is cutting ties with the state's lab for DNA analysis over testing concerns and the sex ...

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Crime lab analyst altered DNA evidence in hundreds of cases, prosecutors say

Yvonne Woods, a former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, altered DNA test results and compromised hundreds of cases, prosecutors say.

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State lawmakers want new processes when DNA evidence is mishandled in the future

The bipartisan effort stems from the case of a former CBI scientist accused of manipulating thousands of test results.

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Lawmakers aim to stop manipulation of data in state labs after CBI scientist was charged

The fallout from a former Colorado Bureau of Investigations forensic scientist has yet to be fully realized, as legislation ...

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Boulder County sheriff chooses Jefferson County lab over CBI for DNA tests

The move, according to BCSO, is about ensuring efficiency in investigations and delivering justice to victims more quickly.

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Colorado DNA analyst appears on forgery charges as validity of more than 500 cases in doubt

GOLDEN, Colo. — A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist appeared in court Thursday to face criminal charges over data tampering that authorities said raises questions about the ...

Lawmakers give CBI longer to spend $3 million to address rape kit backlog — with new oversight

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will have another year to spend $3 million earmarked for the processing of sexual ...

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