Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 31, 2016 13:30:27 GMT -5
Questions about ex-BCI scientist may cast doubt on convictions
Dozens, if not hundreds, of criminal convictions in Ohio could be in jeopardy because a longtime forensic scientist at the state crime lab now stands accused of slanting evidence to help cops and prosecutors build their cases.
The credibility of G. Michele Yezzo, who worked at the Ohio attorney general’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation for more than three decades, has been challenged in two cases in which men were convicted of aggravated murder. One has been freed from prison because of her now-suspect work.
More;
www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/10/30/ex-bci-scientists-problems-may-cast-doubt-on-dozens-of-cases.html
Dozens, if not hundreds, of criminal convictions in Ohio could be in jeopardy because a longtime forensic scientist at the state crime lab now stands accused of slanting evidence to help cops and prosecutors build their cases.
The credibility of G. Michele Yezzo, who worked at the Ohio attorney general’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation for more than three decades, has been challenged in two cases in which men were convicted of aggravated murder. One has been freed from prison because of her now-suspect work.
More;
www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/10/30/ex-bci-scientists-problems-may-cast-doubt-on-dozens-of-cases.html