2015/05/01
The Washington Post April 28, 2015: District could spend nearly $1 million for outside lab to test DNA evidence
The District may have to pay as much as $1 million to an outside laboratory to test DNA evidence after two audits found that the city’s own testing procedures were inadequate, two city officials said Tuesday.
District officials are scrambling to identify a DNA forensic lab that can review older cases as well as handle new cases.
Last week, the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board, one of the national organizations that govern DNA labs, ordered the District’s Department of Forensic Sciences crime lab to immediately suspend all DNA casework. The board concluded that the lab’s procedures were “insufficient and inadequate.” more