Ray Flynn

SPEED VS. ACCURACY The National Academy of Sciences has argued that crime labs run by the police emphasize speedy results to the detriment of objectivity, leading to bias. WHO WOULD PAY FOR IT? The public defender's office typically pays out-of-state labs $1,000 per request to verify Metro's lab results. To read archived stories involving DNA evidence and crime labs in Las Vegas, visit lasvegassun.com/crimelabs.. It's one thing for Metro Police to investigate its crime lab after it made a mistake that sent the wrong man to prison, but many leading scientists would argue the agency shouldn't even be running its own lab. The National Academy of Sciences fervently believes a lab operated by law enforcement runs the scientific risk of siding with the prosecution, while an independent lab would be more objective. Clark County District Attorney David Roger says it's logistically important for Metro to run the crime lab because prosecutors work closely with police. And for that reason, Public

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