Former CBI scientist accused of manipulating data in 652 cases, internal investigation finds

An internal affairs investigation at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation found that a former forensic scientist manipulated data in the DNA process, which impacted hundreds of cases.

[@BBHoffman-ur1oy]

She needs to be held accountable for this, and if she's guilty she needs to spend the remainder of her days in a cell.

[@R.Oates7902]

She should go to PRISON!

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

there is a criminal case against her currently. Probably she'll go to prison.

[@davidhenderson3400]

How many innocent people did she put prison. How many criminals did she let walk free. How many innocent people died in prison because of.

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

How many child support cases are bull???

[@highrzr]

Crime victims? What about the people potentially wrongfully convicted based upon the falsified evidence? She should be charged and prosecuted. Tampering with evidence is a felony. The only fair thing to do is to through out those 600 some cases that relied on the falsified evidence. It's starting to seem like this is becoming a reoccurring theme lately.

[@buyselltrade6270]

The motivation was money, prestige and satisfying prosecutors by bolstering weak cases with "DNA " evidence.

[@seanm3463]

The science is not in question, she just lied about it

[@VictorAvera]

@@seanm3463 She provided fake science.

[@jonathanknobel2014]

@@seanm3463science isn’t magic, it’s a method. It is only as valid as those performing it’s tasks, which are always human. Therefore science will always be imperfect (I’m a biochemical engineer).

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

Women and their egos!!!

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

​@seanm3463 No, the science is to question!!! How many sexes are there???

[@wisdomsleuth77777]

Oh my God how would she know that they were not falsely imprisoned or actually guilty if you're testing is faulty

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

If the results can be manipulated, none of it is to be trusted!!!

[@gmaellen5530]

It not only puts all of HER work in question, but the work of ALL DNA specialists! Shameful!

[@bswogger4656]

Integrity’s are lacking across the country justice, educational & medical.

[@gdiup9241]

💯

[@andyxfish]

Follow the money 😮

[@wisdomsleuth77777]

SDA owns ancestry Mormon church owns another one or two as well. Just one of those little extraneous tidbits thrown out into the universe

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

Except for dumbacrats!!!

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

​@@wisdomsleuth77777imagine the child support cases that are bull!!!

[@gdiup9241]

Thankful for the person who spoke up and saw this thru.

[@cmjGemara]

Corruption on every level in this country it's disgusting

[@williampalchak7574]

I'm thinking "tip of the iceberg".

[@davidhenderson3400]

Like how many other DNA analysts like her have done the same thing across the country.

[@williampalchak7574]

@@davidhenderson3400 at least one, documented.

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

Yup, all DNA results should be questioned!!! Imagine how many men got screwed by child support

[@billycox475]

I wonder how common data manipulation is, not only in forensics, but in all of science. Damn terrible thing to do

[@gdiup9241]

Stats can definitely be shown to lean one way or another if there is no transparency with the data used to create them.

[@tommot89]

Every case she was involved in has been tampered with and should be thrown out because they have no idea what extent she manipulated cases. she should spend 10 years minimum in prison. She lied for 30 years to everyone. Scum would be a compliment to her.

[@terenarosa4790]

Not thrown out, reopened.

[@gordonschedel368]

I called bullshit. She needs to spend longer than 10 years in prison. Some of those men are likely, and women have likely been sitting in prison for 30 years. Some of them might’ve died in prison she needs to go to jail and never get out.

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

Exactly did she mislabel stuff to cover her own tracks Swap DNA from case to case anything she touched is tainted

[@gdiup9241]

& 💩💩💩💩💩

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

Not just hers!!! Its obvious that the results of ALL DNA testing can be manipulated

[@TheOutlier-c6o]

Where was the supervision? Quality check?

[@kelleemerson9510]

I always thought a second, maybe a third testing in another lab should be standard.

[@gdiup9241]

Or at least 2nd party oversight. Internal oversight is flawed, cough cough police depts. I'm sure she swayed her underlings to agree with her lies for fear of losing job.

[@rseward7183]

Anyone in prison for her testimony will stay there for a long time until this is processed.

[@beetee5414]

She should be in jail

[@starshine3588]

This is why cases like this should have 2 different labs doing testing….that way 1 person can’t manipulate things. She better go to prison for this.

[@terryjohnson3479]

So now they have to go back and re-examine all those cases and set up for hundreds of federal suits.

[@willcade5703]

3 thousand samples at 3 million dollars...sheesh...that definitely shouldn't cost that much. I wonder what bureaucratic, red tape, b.s. hoops, people have to jump through for it to cost that much. What a waste of tax dollars.

[@terryjohnson3479]

Wait for all the civil suits from those convicted.

[@nowthatsfunny1]

That's only $1,000 per test. Imagine how many million they'll pay to the wrongly accused and imprisoned PER CASE.

[@seanm3463]

How much should it cost? In your expert opinion

[@willcade5703]

@seanm3463 I'm no expert on these matters. You're probably not either. After looking at your profile for less than 5 seconds, I can tell you're just a bitter troll looking for your dopamine hits by trying to upset random people online. Maybe try being kind to people and see how that works out. You won't be lucky enough to get another response out of me as I'd just be feeding your affliction. Hope you get some help.

[@billm9709]

I'm beginning to think that every part of law enforcement and the criminal justice system in Colorado is corrupt as hell.

[@teksight9714]

Nice cushy early retirement on the taxpayer funded pension. No charges. No worries.

[@CursedCommentaries]

Shes our better after all 💅

[@SirNic4180]

White privilege.

[@gdiup9241]

She should be denied all of it. Might set precedent for other 'above the law' manipulators out there. But who am I kidding

[@SusanSoCal1]

Reminds me of the over 20,000 convictions dropped in Massachusetts due to deliberately falsified drug tests for kickback.

[@BobTheSchipperke]

Why did she allegedly do it? Why did Sandra Anderson plant bones so her dogs could find them? Same reasons, most likely.

[@CursedCommentaries]

Probs cause "all men are rapists"

[@gregorymalchuk272]

I want to know this too. What SPECIFICALLY do they claim happened in the lab? Nobody is giving answers.

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

How can you even expect a chain of custody to be valid? How can you even know that the evidence that was said to be the evidence is even valid. It’s not a matter of retest in the DNA it’s a matter of even knowing how deep this rabbit hole goes. Did she switch samples around did she label things with erroneous names and numbers?

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

This story has been making the rounds. Can you even FATHOM the collateral damages she's caused?! Literally impossibly irrevocable. What a narcissist gone BERSERK! 🤯 She's literally changed thousands of lives for the worst and turned back the clock by at least one-hundred years. 😓 Classy.

[@7heRedBaron]

The entire legal system from the judge down to the court reporter all feel the same. Not one of them thinks it is their job to release innocent people. If we can’t convict him of this, then we must be able to convict him of that.

[@watsonspuzzle]

This makes me sick.

[@FinePrint-2024]

This "professional" was put on administrative leave and then retired.

[@hermenutic]

Her behavior indicates a lack of respect for the legal system itself. I wonder if they'll let her off easy.

[@VictorAvera]

The real victims are the innocents she put into prison.

[@jillipepper5353]

How many are walking free who are guilty, still offending .

[@josefeibl8230]

How many are incarcerated because of false results?

[@jillipepper5353]

@@josefeibl8230 that goes without saying, my heart breaks for them but I want the real perpetrators in prison instead. 👍🏼

[@microdesigns2000]

How many will change places?

[@emjay2045]

No. Her work resulted in incarcerations ! Check her bank account

[@js-wq6zy]

So,, I give up, .......did she alter data I.e. test results .......or just provide embellished testimony about the results

[@microdesigns2000]

I wondered the same thing. Her work is terribly complicated. Hopefully her alterations are in the scope of understanding by the average lawyer and judge.

[@dave23024]

Two things you'll never hear in Colorado: 1. She 2. In jail

[@andreaparke4899]

Hope no death penalty cases were involved.

[@KaikalaMoon]

Gotta have someone on the inside for the cover-ups.

[@johnjacobson8484]

Not a word about the false convictions

[@dgator3599]

Hey Shannon, We miss you here in northeast Florida!!

[@stolennimbus]

After being found guilty in a court of law, give her 1 year jail sentence for each of the 652 cases, serve consecutively.

[@montekitchens]

Terrible for the crime victims? Really? How about the innocent and incarcerated! Release them NIOW! NOW!!!! Outrageous. We are so screwed up

[@gordonschedel368]

Well, why don’t you feel sorry for the guys that were likely sitting in prison that shouldn’t be there and the real criminal was running loose because of this rogue DNA analyst

[@michaelragusa5138]

The State of Colorado should release the convicts who were imprisoned by her manipulations and nullify all of the convictions caused by this rogue scientist. The rogue scientist should get 30 years to life imprisonment. She should have to forfeit any pensions and benefits that were due to her.

[@Donbett1974]

Every case she worked on should be thrown out and she should be going to prison.

[@CursedCommentaries]

"Trust the science"

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

This has nothing to do with the science. This is a people matter.

[@elizabethbordeaux8797]

Which is usually the case when we're castigated, and told, even bullied and chided, to trust the "science." It IS science to question the science.

[@24-Card]

Internal investigation = No wrong doing. ROTFLMAO!

[@commandingangel]

How many people have been wrongfully convicted? Innocence project needs to get involved.

[@geraldstone8396]

No details on what was done wrong? Are there co-conspirators?

[@brandogeberbin7563]

victims? what about the people she convicted illegally! retired she needs to go to prison for life!

[@somename152]

omg, I imagine she will face like major major punishment, this is huge, she should not be free rn while deciding what's going to happen to heer and all her victims, like whoa

[@7heRedBaron]

She will face at least two weeks of home detention.

[@mikesedam616]

We see that the integrity of the test is more important than the sample itself.

[@FlamesCagney]

Did she just not know how to do it correctly?

[@rosanneshinkle4133]

How many innocent people are in jail? She needs to pay restitution and go to prison. I can see many retrials coming up.

[@davidbennett9691]

This is a bonanza for defense attorneys everywhere. All DNA evidence will be challenged and prosecutors will be forced to prove the integrity of the analyst as well as the analysis.

[@LadyAtheOnly]

She’ll walk with probation.

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

Illinois had this problem actually put a couple of people to death. They sidestepped it by saying it was a clerical error further investigation by an outside source showed that it was absolute manipulation of the truth. This is related to a very warm and fuzzy relationship with the person that was sleeping with a couple of police officers and wanted to be the center of attention in their investigations and provided them with whatever they needed. She would ask what they needed and then she would Provide it.

[@Andrew-zw9fi]

My first thought, I feel sorry for all innocent people lock away behind bars based on false evidence !

[@sonnybimbo2940]

The 2 from Massachusetts and now this. Why don't we change the way it's done? As long as humans are involved it will happen again.😢

[@cmjGemara]

30 years and it's just coming to light come on

[@Psy0psAgent]

and people wonder why I have trust issues.

[@wt3447]

Retired? Her retirement package should be stopped to pay for the loss.

[@Mr_Nobody913]

Think really hard about this. She was just one person. There’s hundreds of thousands of the same type of people everywhere. Think about how many lives have been destroyed worldwide.

[@bdmaus4975]

Certainly her lawyer must have doubts that every single wasnt correct, geesh.

[@MrColdwilliam]

A woman in this role faking results?! No way! I would be shocked if this wasn't so often the case.

[@moonbuni59]

Colorado bureaucrat right. Democrat?

[@metu5818]

😂 is that you Boebert?

[@gordonschedel368]

If this is true, she needs to go to jail and never never get out

[@cmjGemara]

IT DOESN'T COST THE STATE ANYTHING IT COSTS THE PEOPLE

[@ScottGrammer]

The motivation might not be money. She might just be one of those people who thinks they need to "help" the police, and so she did. Maybe at the suggestion of someone else in the system, maybe not. But you can bet on it, the State will fight EVERY case where a conviction was had and where this corrupt tech's work was involved. They will try to save those convictions, even when they know they're wrongful.

[@7heRedBaron]

Helping the police and prosecutors was helping herself. Their appreciation quietly gets back to her hierarchy which moves her up. Prosecutors hate hard and fast facts. They start a case, research the laws, accumulate the evidence, build a motive for months and then the DNA lab comes in and says nope! no way no how! There must be more than one researcher in the state of Colorado. How did this one become the lead? Yes, indeed.

[@catpax6075]

Give her all the years she wrongfully had people in jail for+. Plus she’s stealing from the people with our tax money (for past trials costs and future). I really hate how this country “functions” sometimes.

[@countryshaner141]

All states dna labs should be audited

[@George-vf7ss]

"Trust the science." 😂

[@johneboy910]

Jail for LIFE!!!

[@ismaciilcabdillahiyuusuf2650]

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[@briant7265]

But trust the science, amiright?

[@solspice]

Trust the science

[@mikebelnap3079]

Shocker…….NOT

[@SimplymeintheNow84]

Wow sicking

[@lilypercell6793]

...did anyone else think it was Niki haley.. at first ??

[@chrislapp9468]

US; admin. leave. Japan; Hari Kari.

[@Musicman914]

Criminal

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