Former judge finds lab manager focused on speed over accuracy and ‘deliberately crafted series of lies’ to cover up problems
Former judge Walter Sofronoff has made a series of damning findings in his report into the failures of Queensland’s forensic DNA testing facility.Former judge Walter Sofronoff has made a series of damning findings in his report into the failures of Queensland’s forensic DNA testing facility.Queensland
The former court of appeal president had no doubt the lab’s failures to obtain all the available DNA evidence from crime scene samples had affected criminal cases and court trials. He recommended a panel with a scientist, a police officer, a prosecutor and maybe a private lawyer to do so.
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