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Re:Police used fake DNA reports during interrogations by friendlydog on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:10PM (#29953217)
"and in at least one instance, a forged report was presented to a court as evidence" perjury is absolutely news.
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Re:Police used fake DNA reports during interrogations by ttfkam on Sunday January 16, 2022 @11:05AM (#29957061)
The number of cops testifying on the stand who are never charged with perjury would likely astound you.

And the number of submitted police reports that clearly contradict reality.

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Re:Police used fake DNA reports during interrogations by notch656a on Sunday January 16, 2022 @11:58AM (#29957608)
There's a great netflix special about the drug lab in Massachussets. One lady was just straight up not testing samples at all, and marking them positive for the prosecution. Thousands were jailed this way. The chemist was only caught because her work was 4x as fast as her coworkers, so they investigated what was going on.

Now imagine how many smarter people than her just ran all the tests at normal speed, but faked the result. It'd be damn near impossible for them to get caught. I'd wager for every one caught, there are 10 that don't.

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