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Errors found in Indiana state lab toxicology tests

By "eAdvocate"

What about other evidence processed by the same labs? 2-3-2011 Indiana: Mistakes that audit uncovered could lead to overturned verdicts The first major report from an audit of the Indiana State Department of Toxicology further brings into question the validity of potentially hundreds of drug and alcohol tests performed at the lab in recent years. The findings from the audit, provided to The Indianapolis Star, showed errors in about 200 of 2,000 marijuana tests reported to law enforcement as having positive results. That includes about 50 described as "a conscious manipulation of results" by lab workers. "This is a potential mess," said former Marion County Prosecutor Scott Newman, who was hired to fix the agency. "The only thing that saves it is ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).