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Fraudulent Crime Lab DUI Tests: Update

By Lawrence Taylor

My last post reported on the findings of a panel of Seattle judges which concluded that the state’s crime lab responsible for breath testing had routinely engaged in ?fraudulent and scientifically unacceptable? practices that have compromised breath-test readings across Washington.  On February 2nd, a Seattle television station ran a more in-depth investigation, resulting in an interesting report on their news program.  The complete video can be seen and heard at ”Up Front: DUI Breath Tests Thrown Into Question”, and begins with comments concerning the judicial findings: …A scathing report of what was going on at this state agency lab.  Judges say it was fraud, a total disregard for accuracy...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).