DNA Lab Handling High-Profile Cases Fires Analyst (for falsifying results)

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GERMANTOWN, Md. -- The world's largest private DNA testing firm has fired an analyst for allegedly falsifying test data.

Officials with Orchid Cellmark - with labs in Maryland, Texas, Tennessee and Britain - said the alleged falsification occurred in 20 tests for the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI.

The alleged tampering prompted the Los Angeles County public defender's office to begin reviewing all pending cases involving Cellmark. Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, said that the cases involving the analyst have not gone to trial.
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