Friday, August 23, 2013

A Compelling Editorial for Crime Lab Oversight

In today’s Gloucester Daily Times, the newspaper cites and endorses legislation that the Senate Republican Caucus filed in January that would create more oversight of the state’s forensic crime labs.  Senate Bill 1175, An Act providing oversight of crime labs, was filed in response to the alleged actions of forensic crime lab chemist Annie Dookhan, which revealed that proper safeguards need to be in place to ensure a system of integrity.  Please click here to read today’s editorial.