It was discovered last month that lab technicians in Baltimore City had been inadvertently contaminating crime scene evidence.  The Baltimore lab failed to catalogue its employee's DNA, a precaution that is considered standard by industry experts.  Without the safeguard of an employee catalogue, DNA profiles left by employees are categorized as "unknown" rather than being properly identified.

            Defense attorneys are outraged at the oversight, arguing that this is just the latest in a series of quality assurance lapses that have plagued the lab.  To read the Baltimore Sun's piece on the lab and the government's response, click here.

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