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DAs demand full SBI audit
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This newspaper article reports on calls by North Carolina district attorneys for a comprehensive audit of the State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory following revelations of forensic reporting deficiencies. The article provides contemporaneous reporting demonstrating that concerns regarding SBI laboratory practices extended beyond criminal defendants and were publicly acknowledged by prosecutors responsible for criminal prosecutions throughout North Carolina.
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“("DAs demand full SBI audit," News and Observer, August 28th, 2010)”
Source Name
“DAs demand full SBI audit”
Author(s)
Mandy Locke & Joseph Neff
Publication Date
August 28, 2010
Verification Source
"DAs demand full SBI audit," The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Source Location
News & Observer special report on SBI laboratory practices
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
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May's allegation that concerns regarding SBI Crime Laboratory practices were not limited to
defense attorneys, innocence advocates, or independent reviewers. The News & Observer article
is cited to establish that the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys publicly called for a full
audit of the SBI Crime Laboratory following revelations of forensic misconduct. May relies upon
this article to support his claim that concerns regarding the reliability, oversight, and integrity of
SBI forensic practices were so significant that they were acknowledged by the prosecutorial
community itself, demonstrating that the problems identified within the SBI laboratory were widely
recognized and not confined to criticism from criminal defendants or their advocates.
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