Sunday, January 5, 2020

NY crime labs face backlogs as criminal justice reforms take hold

NY crime labs face backlogs as criminal justice reforms take hold: New York crime laboratories, many of which are already backlogged and only able to test evidence in a low percentage of criminal cases, could be stretched further by new speedy trial and pre-trial discovery reforms that went into effect this month.

Multiple prosecutors said they fear the inability of the labs to test evidence in all misdemeanor and lower-level felony cases — notably drug cases — will trigger widespread dismissals of criminal charges across the state, especially in the rural counties that rely on state-run forensic labs.

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