[DOWNLOAD] "In re Renewed Investigationofthe State Police Crime Laboratory" by In the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia January 2006 Term * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In re Renewed Investigationofthe State Police Crime Laboratory
- Author : In the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia January 2006 Term
- Release Date : January 16, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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This case concerns a third investigation of the Serology Division of the State Police Crime Laboratory ("Crime Lab"). The specific issue in this case is whether serologists in the Crime Lab, other than Fred Zain, falsified evidence in criminal prosecutions. This Court earlier appointed a special judge to conduct an investigation and to render a report. We now adopt the special judges report to the extent that it finds insufficient evidence of intentional misconduct by Zains assistant serologists to warrant invalidation of serology evidence and a systematic review of those cases in which serology evidence was offered. However, because of the frequent and recurring errors identified in the work of Zains assistant serologists, we deem it necessary to enact a special habeas corpus procedure, outlined below, to be utilized by those prisoners against whom serologists, other than Zain, offered evidence.