ALBANY – The state inspector general is urging forensic laboratories statewide to “document and report significant disagreements” among technicians, a recommendation with potentially important implications for criminal prosecutions.
Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott’s suggestion, nestled into a lengthy report on botched tests and questionable practices by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), would require disclosure of information that could prompt a prosecutor to back away from a rape or murder case while arming the defense with a powerful cross examination tool in matters that do go to trial.
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