Court officials are delaying cases and retesting evidence following reports that a DNA analyst intentionally manipulated tests inside Charlotte’s police crime lab, the Mecklenburg District Attorney’s Office said.
An unnamed DNA analyst working in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s crime lab was last year foundchanging a part of the DNA testing procedure that ensures results are accurate, The Charlotte Observer reported after obtaining a letter CMPD’s lab director sent to an accreditation board.
The reported tampering has raised questions about reliability in a lab that, according to CMPD’s website, tests evidence in local, state and federal cases. The irregularities have delayed an unknown number of cases and “demanded retesting,” district attorney spokesperson Mike Stolp wrote in a statement to the Observer…