How the firing of a forensic analyst might impact hundreds of cases, including the 2022 death of rapper TakeOff, who was gunned down at a Houston bowling alley.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The work of a Houston-area forensic analyst isafter she was fired from a job providing DNA analysis for hundreds of criminal cases.
The notice highlights several examples that show the analyst’s “lack of attention to detail” including one instance where she switched DNA samples, and another instance, where she processed the wrong DNA sample resulting in a “chain of custody” mix-up. That terminated analyst is connected to a total of 392 pending cases according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. A spokesperson for the DA’s office confirmed to KHOU 11 that defense attorneys in all of those cases received Brady Notices this week.
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