Hundreds of defense lawyers and accused criminals are being told this afternoon a DNA analyst in their case may not be able to be trusted.
The Harris County District Attorney's Office is notifying about 438 defendants that their criminal cases need to be re-examined due a DNA analyst who gave false and/or misleading testimony in an old case.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals determined"his testimony was false because it omitted relevant information and gave the jury a false impression about the conditions in which important items of physical evidence had been stored by the laboratory." Peter Stout, the CEO of the Houston Forensic Science Center, told 13 Investigates he has"no reason to question the work Vinson did for the HFSC," but because of the court findings he could not continue with the organization.
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