There's calls for changes to Queensland's double jeopardy laws in the wake of the bombshell interim report into failings at the state-run DNA lab. 9News
It was revealed this week the lab has routinely failed to test samples under a certain threshold for the past four years.Many samples at Queensland's crime lab were never tested for DNA."One of the only irrefutable pieces of information available in homicide trials is the presence of DNA evidence," she wrote.
"It's unlikely that these results have led to unlawful convictions, but I am certain that these results have led to cases being dropped, and tragically the acquittal of some violent perpetrators.""I'm not aware of one case that's been re-tried under this legislation," she said.Many DNA samples were never tested.
"The problem in this particular case is that the prosecution have always had, it seems, the evidence in their own hands. They just didn't test it.""This is a complete failure of government and a complete failure of Yvette D'Ath," Deputy Opposition Leader Jarrod Bleijie said. The final report into the failings of the DNA lab won't be released until closer to the end of the year.
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