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Dozens of Prisoners in Colorado Notified About Potential Compromised DNA Evidence
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2024
published in Criminal Legal News
August, 2024, page 33
Filed under:
DNA Testing/Samples,
junk science,
DNA Evidence,
DNA Evidence/Testing.
Location:
Colorado.
In early July, dozens of incarcerated individuals in Colorado counties Arapahoe and Douglas, received a promising letter from the District Attorney’s office. DA John Kellner was notifying defendants in cases that could have been affected by allegations of DNA manipulation at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (“CBI”).
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