HOUSTON - An independent review of the Houston police crime lab has found serious problems with DNA and blood-evidence analysis in dozens of criminal cases from 1987 to 2002, including three death penalty cases.
All three death-row inmates are still alive, and prosecutors were already reviewing their cases.
The report by former Justice Department inspector Michael Bromwich was the latest hit for the troubled lab, which had its DNA section shut down in 2002 when an audit revealed problems with DNA analysis.
"Our work to date in reviewing cases analyzed by these sections reflects a level of performance completely unacceptable in a forensic science laboratory providing critical support to the criminal justice system," the report said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060105/ap_on_re_us/houston_crime_lab
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