Other Misconduct Cases

  I have come to the point where I am now convinced that our judicial system is seriously flawed. How can an innocent man, who for the past 21 years tried every possible legal way to demonstrate his innocence have been ignored in such reckless disregard of human and due process rights? Can an innocent man spend the rest of his life behind bars based on manipulated DNA evidence? Yes, Ernesto is a living testimony of this tragic fact and my own nationwide research on this subject has revealed a lot more people under the same circumstances as he is.

  So please, let me share with you other cases involving the same type of manipulations of evidence misconduct.

 

Broward Crime Lab Suspends Some DNA Work. The Broward County Sheriff’s Crime Lab is suspending doing some complex DNA analysis, a cornerstone of its operation.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The Broward Sheriff’s Office crime lab is under fire for the way it conducts DNA tests. Broward County public defender Howard Finkelstein is demanding that the BSO Crime Lab not only be investigated by a grand jury, but also shut down until the agency proves it can follow national standards in DNA tests for criminal defendants.

Miami New Times. Hundreds of Broward Cases in Doubt Over DNA Testing Problems, Expert’s Suspension for Sexism, Racism

MIAMI NEW TIMES -Broward Judge Isn’t Letting Defendant Challenge Bad DNA Evidence by BRITTANY SHAMMAS

MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE TOXICOLOGIST FIRED OVER ERROR. FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Several Broward County defense attorneys are demanding a review of dozens, if not hundreds, of criminal cases following the firing of a senior toxicologist at the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office for falsifying data.

Crime Lab Worker Suspected of Tampering that Could Impair 1,000 Cases. Hundreds of criminal cases are in doubt after a forensic analyst with the Oregon State Police laboratory in Bend was put on leave earlier this month after being accused of tampering with drug evidence.

MASSACHUSETTS POLICE.— In one of the largest frauds in Massachusetts history, a state crime lab analyst used her position of analyzing chemical evidence to intentionally forge results in order to get convictions for prosecutors with whom she had friendly ties, and to satisfy her drive to imprison drug offenders.

DNA Testing: Foolproof? Houston teenager named Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Broward New Times. BSO Crime Lab Could Be Mishandling Crucial DNA Evidence, Whistleblower Says.

DNA Helps Free Inmate After 27 Years. There’s been some bitter soul searching going on in Dallas County, as one man after another is being released from prison after being convicted, years ago, of crimes they did not commit.

DNA tests clear wrongfully convicted man after 16-year imprisonment. A wrongfully convicted man was exonerated after serving 16 years behind bars on rape and sexual assault charges. DNA results not only conclusively showed Luis Vargas to be innocent, but also that a notorious rapist is still on the loose.

OTHERS 

25 Wrongly-Convicted Felons Exonerated By New Forensic Evidence. The emergence of DNA testing and the ability to use the science of the body’s cells to solve crimes has made significant changes in the criminal justice field. However, in the past decades, DNA evidence wasn’t available. As a result, hundreds of people were convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.

DNA Can Be Faked; Tampering Can Be Found. News that scientist have demonstrate the possibility of fabricating DNA is bound to be fodder for the conspiracy theorists among us. “You can just engineer a crime scene”, said the lead author of the new study.