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.