HPD errors spark new review of DNA cases | Houston Chronicle

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HPD errors spark new review of DNA cases
DA considering charges for some crime lab analysts

By ROMA KHANNA
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

Some cases involving DNA evidence originally analyzed by Houston's troubled crime lab may not be on the list for retesting because of police errors, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said Friday.

He also said his office is considering criminal charges against analysts from the Houston Police Department crime lab who may have falsified information in an audit.

The latest concerns about the HPD crime lab come after a startling announcement this week by Chief Harold Hurtt that evidence from 8,000 cases, some as old as 25 years, was improperly tagged and stored. The evidence was found in 280 mislabeled boxes in the HPD property room that internal investigators began to open last week.

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1. Gee, and in Texas yet. No surprises here.

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