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Fact Check: Did the North Carolina State Crime Lab Mishandle Evidence in Hundreds of Cases on Attorney General Roy Cooper's Watch?
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT ENTRY
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This supplemental report is an independent article published by Ballotpedia summarizing the findings of the Swecker-Wolf Report and the resulting reforms within the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory. The article provides additional context regarding laboratory reporting deficiencies, forensic misconduct, and statewide corrective actions, serving as an independently published source supporting the findings discussed throughout Statement of Facts A.
Related SMAR Citation
Related to "“[An Independent Review of the SBI Forensic Laboratory. Chris Swecker, Attorney at Law; Michael Wolf, Consultant. 2010]”
Source Name
Fact Check: Did the North Carolina State Crime Lab Mishandle Evidence in Hundreds of Cases on Attorney General Roy Cooper's Watch?
Author(s)
Fact Check by Ballotpedia Staff
Publication Date
September 16, 2016
Verification Source
Ballotpedia
Source Location
Ballotpedia
Highlighted Pages
2 - 5
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
N/A - Supplemental Report to Swecker-Wolf Report
✔ Supplemental source recovered and reviewed
✔ Article independently summarizes and discusses the findings of the Swecker-Wolf Report and related SBI reforms
✔ Publicly available source
✔ Included within the Source Verification Archive
Supplemental verification of the Swecker-Wolf Report findings concerning SBI laboratory reporting
practices, forensic reporting deficiencies, and the omission of negative or inconclusive
confirmatory test results from laboratory reports. The Ballotpedia fact-check article is cited as an
independent secondary source summarizing the findings of the Swecker-Wolf review, including
concerns regarding misreported forensic results, the scope of affected cases, and the reforms
implemented following the review. This source is included to provide additional context and
independent discussion of the misconduct and reporting practices documented in the Swecker-Wolf Report.
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