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State crime lab debacle had earlier warnings of misconduct from ‘golden child’ DNA scientist
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State crime lab employees for years repeatedly tried to warn their superiors at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation that Yvonne “Missy” Woods had become a rogue employee who was cutting corners. But officials failed to respond forcefully until last year, when an intern at the lab found new anomalies, an internal affairs investigation found. The…
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Douglas County judge let prosecutors present misleading evidence of sex assault, appeals court rules
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A Douglas County judge allowed prosecutors to mislead the jury into thinking they should still convict a man of sexual assault despite the absence of his DNA, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday in overturning the convictions of Clayton Angus Hood. Jurors found Hood guilty of raping a teenage girl who lived in his household.…
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Douglas County judge let prosecutors present misleading evidence of sex assault, appeals court rules
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A Douglas County judge allowed prosecutors to mislead the jury into thinking they should still convict a man of sexual assault despite the absence of his DNA, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday in overturning the convictions of Clayton Angus Hood. Jurors found Hood guilty of raping a teenage girl who lived in his household.…
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Glimpse of Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA testing backlash offered by first wave of court hearings
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The curtain lifted Wednesday to unveil the first glimpse of how a Colorado Bureau of Investigation scandal involving the work of a veteran DNA scientist might play out in dozens of courtrooms across the Front Range. In an hour-long Boulder court hearing permeated by questions and uncertainty, a Boulder judge delayed the trial of an accused…
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Glimpse of Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA testing backlash offered by first wave of court hearings
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The curtain lifted Wednesday to unveil the first glimpse of how a Colorado Bureau of Investigation scandal involving the work of a veteran DNA scientist might play out in dozens of courtrooms across the Front Range. In an hour-long Boulder court hearing permeated by questions and uncertainty, a Boulder judge delayed the trial of an accused…
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More than a thousand Colorado criminal cases now ‘in question’ due to data manipulation by state DNA scientist, investigative report says
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DNA findings in more than 1,000 criminal cases in Colorado are now “in question” due to data manipulation by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, state officials announced on Friday when they unveiled the findings of an internal investigative report into Woods’ work. The internal CBI investigation found that Woods deviated…
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House unanimously approves expanding post-conviction DNA testing in Colorado
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Robert “Rider” Dewey spent nearly 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Dewey was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Palisade woman in 1994. Dewey said he repeatedly requested DNA testing while in prison but was denied for years until connecting with the Innocence Project in…
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Bills advance to prevent police lying to minors, expand DNA testing, limit prison restraints
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The House Judiciary Committee advanced a series of bills Tuesday that seek to prevent police from lying to minors, expand post-conviction DNA testing and limit the use of restraints in prisons. If passed by the full state legislature, House Bill 1042 would make any statements obtained by juveniles during interrogations inadmissible in court if law…
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Appeals court finds Arapahoe judge mistakenly allowed man to represent self at trial
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Colorado’s second-highest court has determined an Arapahoe County judge wrongfully found a defendant had waived his constitutional right to an attorney when she failed to establish Jahmal Ali Price understood the consequences of proceeding to trial without legal representation. Although the Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to counsel, it is possible for defendants…