San Francisco’s district attorney is evaluating 1,400 open drug cases, to see which are still viable after the scandal in the city’s crime lab. Police shut down the lab earlier this month after allegations that a former technician stole and used cocaine from evidence samples. We discuss the problems at the crime lab and what they mean for current and past drug cases.
Trouble at San Francisco's Crime Lab
Guests:
Jeff Adachi, public defender for the City and County of San Francisco
Jaxon Van Derbeken, crime and courts reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle
Lawrence Kobilinsky, professor of forensic science and chair of the Department of Sciences at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York
Jim Norris, former director of the SFPD's Forensic Services Division
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