tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8649763089290853519..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Washington state crime lab faces Texas-size quandary: How to deal with old cases processed by lab manager accused of misconduct?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78151208018386837162013-04-22T12:12:46.905-05:002013-04-22T12:12:46.905-05:00...that doesn't resolve the question of how to......that doesn't resolve the question of how to handle all the cases the fellow worked on in the past, nor what changes could be made to improve day-to-day oversight.<br /><br />Here is where enhancement would work. Remove the investigate our own clause and invoke Mandatory Federal intervention for 'All' criminal acts (aka: misconduct) by anyone in the law enforcement loop. (Everyone from, animal control, dispatchers, cops, prosecutors, judges, lab techs, jurors & criminal defense attorneys, etc.) Mandatory 20 years (Fed time day-for-day) per criminal act. Mandatory recording of the chain of custody and not to be destroyed until 5 years after discharge date. Mandatory Lab closing and rogue employee(s) forced to attend the trials and hearings related to their victims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47404079661772486022013-04-20T14:55:47.243-05:002013-04-20T14:55:47.243-05:00If cops have their car dash-cams, and detectives v...If cops have their car dash-cams, and detectives video record their interrogations, then lab analysts get their own version of video recording.<br /><br />Time to place video cameras inside the crime labs. The technology is cheap, relative to a wrongful conviction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com