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This is almost as bad as the Annie Dookhan[0] incident, in which a crime lab chemist outright falsified evidence used in almost 40,000 cases. She planted drugs

This is almost as bad as the Annie Dookhan[0] incident, in which a crime lab chemist outright falsified evidence used in almost 40,000 cases. She planted drugs in some tests, or simply faked results for tests that she never actually performed. In at least some cases, she did this explicitly to aid the prosecution in securing convictions[1][2]. Spoiler: Dookhan got only 3-5 years worth of prison time for this. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dookhan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dookhan [1] http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/12/20/indicted-drug-analyst-annie-dookhan-mails-reveal-her-close-personal-ties-prosecutors/A37GaatHLKfW1kphDjxLXJ/story.html http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/12/20/in... [2] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/10/massachusetts_crime_lab_scandal_worsens_dookhan_and_farak.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/1...

rdtsc 11y ago
At least she made the news. I know of an acquintance of a neighbour from many years ago, who was working as a technitian for DNA crime testing lab, which also did paternity testing, rape kits, etc. That individual was selling their services to the highest bidder. I imagine over the years, rapists, killers, deadbeat dads and all kind of horrible criminals got away while that person acquired a nice fortune. When I think of an example of a horrible example of a human being, the lowest of the low, that particular person comes to mind.
- Fjolsvith 11y ago
  Seems like your DNA technician was only doing what most good defense attorneys do - secure an acquittal for a suspect. And as for the argument that he was falsifying evidence to allow a guilty person to walk, I am sure that the occurrence of the opposite situation is far more prevalent - that false evidence is produced to allow an innocent person to be jailed.

rdtsc 11y ago

At least she made the news. I know of an acquintance of a neighbour from many years ago, who was working as a technitian for DNA crime testing lab, which also did paternity testing, rape kits, etc. That individual was selling their services to the highest bidder. I imagine over the years, rapists, killers, deadbeat dads and all kind of horrible criminals got away while that person acquired a nice fortune. When I think of an example of a horrible example of a human being, the lowest of the low, that particular person comes to mind.

Fjolsvith 11y ago
Seems like your DNA technician was only doing what most good defense attorneys do - secure an acquittal for a suspect. And as for the argument that he was falsifying evidence to allow a guilty person to walk, I am sure that the occurrence of the opposite situation is far more prevalent - that false evidence is produced to allow an innocent person to be jailed.