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Chief Harold Hurtt: Move along, nothing to see now at Houston crime lab

Houston police chief Harold Hurtt had an editorial in the Houston Chronicle recently declaring it a new day a the Houston Crime Lab, that by achieving accreditation the organization had professionalized to the point where it should be cut slack for past abuses. "HPD now has an entirely different crime lab," he pronounced. Only time will tell.But even if the crime lab meets all current standards, there's increasing evidence that current standards often aren't good enough to pass scientific muster.I didn't write much about the National Academy of Science's book-length report on forensics when it came out this spring because the legislative session was full upon us, but that document deserves more focus than I've given it, though it's received wide attention in other quarters, notably as last month's featured Popular Mechanics cover story...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).