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Texas Forensic Science Commission accepts investigations into analyst misconduct, opens panel on magazine-mark comparisons and clears multiple disclosures
Summary
At its Jan. 30 meeting the Texas Forensic Science Commission accepted staff investigations into an admitted DNA-data manipulation case and an analyst'inmate relationship, formed an investigative panel to study magazine-mark comparisons, and voted to take no further action on multiple lab disclosures.
The Texas Forensic Science Commission on Jan. 30 accepted staff recommendations to investigate two recent forensic disclosures, formed a specialist panel to review long-standing magazine-mark comparison practices and approved dismissals or corrective-action outcomes for numerous lab self-disclosures.
The commission voted to accept for staff investigation a self-disclosure from the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences after the lab reported that an analyst manipulated an electropherogram printout to conceal a DNA contamination event; the analyst admitted the manipulation and was terminated in October, and the lab has reviewed a selection of cases and reanalyzed where necessary. Staff recommended an investigation to determine whether formal findings of misconduct are warranted; the commission approved the…
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