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Colorado Springs Crime Lab Botched BAC Tests

By Morgan Brickley

The Associated Press is reporting that hundreds of DUI cases could be impacted by the flawed results of blood-alcohol tests coming out of an area crime lab. According to law enforcement, at least 82 blood tests since January 2009 have registered higher blood-alcohol contents than they should have. These flawed tests were exposed as a result of internal investigations of the blood tests at the Metro Crime Lab. As a result of these findings, more than one thousand drug tests from past cases are being retested. The new results will be sent to the county?s district attorney?s office and the Department of Revenue. These offices will study the impact of the errors on any pertinent criminal cases and driver?s license revocation cases. ?We understand how regrettable this and we’re owning up to our own error,? said police spokesman Dave Whitlock...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).