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Boulder sheriff no longer using CBI for DNA testing over concerns with backlog, quality control
The Boulder County Sheriff's Department is no longer using the state’s lab for DNA analysis, citing the year-and-a-half ...
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Former CBI analyst to appear in court for hearing
Former CBI DNA analyst Yvonne "Missy" Woods will appear for a preliminary hearing. She is accused of alternating and ...
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Boulder sheriff walks back partnership with state lab amid DNA testing backlog
Sheriff Curtis Johnson wrote in a Feb. 10 letter to CBI director Chris Shaefer that the agency will instead send genetic ...
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State lawmakers want new processes when DNA evidence is mishandled in the future
The bipartisan effort stems from the case of a former CBI scientist accused of manipulating thousands of test results.
Boulder County sheriff moves DNA testing to new lab amid CBI backlog
The move, according to BCSO, is about ensuring efficiency in investigations and delivering justice to victims more quickly.
Lawmakers give CBI longer to spend $3 million to address rape kit backlog — with new oversight
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will have another year to spend $3 million earmarked for the processing of sexual ...
Colorado House committee reverses Senate's decision to allow CBI to spend $3 million to address DNA backlog
Colorado Bureau of Investigation may continue testing DNA kits past June 30. Senate Bill 105 aims to address a backlog of DNA ...
Crime lab analyst altered DNA evidence in hundreds of cases, prosecutors say
Yvonne Woods, a former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, altered DNA test results and compromised hundreds of cases, prosecutors say.
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Colorado lawmakers are close to allowing CBI funding to roll over and help with rape kit backlog
Approximately 1,400 sex assault cases are waiting on results. State Representative Jenny Willford, D-Adams County, says one ...