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Judges: Crime Lab DUI Records ?Deceptive & Fraudulent?

By Lawrence Taylor

In today’s I-told-you-so department: Judges Reject DUI Breath-Test Results Seattle, Jan. 31  –  In a ruling that could affect thousands of cases, a panel of King County judges said Wednesday that the state’s toxicology lab engaged in “fraudulent and scientifically unacceptable” practices that have compromised breath-test readings used to prosecute suspected drunken drivers… In its blistering 29-page ruling, the panel of three District Court judges said the Washington State Toxicology Lab created a “culture of compromise” with so many “ethical lapses, systemic inaccuracy, negligence and violations of scientific principles” that the breath tests should not be used as evidence in pending DUI cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).