Detroit Free Press
The stunning discovery of piles of evidence in a rotting old building last week put Detroit on a growing national list of crime labs accused in recent years of making big mistakes.
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Detroit’s abandoned crime lab adds to a disturbing U.S. trend
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Justice Department Examines Untested Rape Kits Filling Up Police Storage Rooms
Fox News
With law enforcement officers relying more and more on DNA evidence to convict or exonerate suspects, a new Justice Department report raises concerns over the tens of thousands of old rape kits piling up in police evidence rooms across the country.
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