Tag: wrongful conviction
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Defendants in organized crime case say wealthy businessman pursuing them had a secret weapon: The DA
Blue Ocean Enterprises, an investment firm founded by OtterBox manufacturer, relied on a lawyer it had paid to prosecute its former business partners.
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State crime lab debacle had earlier warnings of misconduct from ‘golden child’ DNA scientist
State crime lab employees for years repeatedly tried to warn their superiors at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation that Yvonne “Missy” Woods had become a rogue employee who was cutting corners. But officials failed to respond forcefully until last year, when an intern at the lab found new anomalies, an internal affairs investigation found. The…
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Accusations of flawed Colorado crime lab work haunt 2003 rape conviction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every Saturday, the call comes in at 10:30 a.m., on the dot. Vinnie Chacon knows that’s when her 64-year-old brother James Hunter will telephone her from Colorado’s Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City. Hunter has been incarcerated for more than 21 years, ever since his…
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Accusations of flawed Colorado crime lab work haunt 2003 rape conviction
Every Saturday, the call comes in at 10:30 a.m., on the dot. Vinnie Chacon knows that’s when her 64-year-old brother James Hunter will telephone her from Colorado’s Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City. Hunter has been incarcerated for more than 21 years, ever since his 2003 conviction and sentence of 168 years in prison for…
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Over 1,000 Colorado criminal cases ‘in question’ after state DNA scientist accused of data manipulation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DNA findings in more than 1,000 criminal cases in Colorado are now “in question” due to data manipulation by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, state officials announced on Friday when they unveiled the findings of an internal investigative report into…
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Over 1,000 Colorado criminal cases ‘in question’ after state DNA scientist accused of data manipulation
DNA findings in more than 1,000 criminal cases in Colorado are now “in question” due to data manipulation by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, state officials announced on Friday when they unveiled the findings of an internal investigative report into Woods’ work. The internal CBI investigation found that Woods deviated…
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More than a thousand Colorado criminal cases now ‘in question’ due to data manipulation by state DNA scientist, investigative report says
DNA findings in more than 1,000 criminal cases in Colorado are now “in question” due to data manipulation by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, state officials announced on Friday when they unveiled the findings of an internal investigative report into Woods’ work. The internal CBI investigation found that Woods deviated…