• Government
  • Legislation
  • False Claims
  • Corporate
    • Dodd-Frank
    • IRS & Tax
    • SEC
    • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • OSHA
  • Environment
  • Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Whistleblower Network News
Qui Tam, Compliance and Anti-Corruption News
Whistleblower Network News
No Result
View All Result
Home Features

Charlotte Observer Editorial Blasts FBI “malfeasance” In FBI Lab Scandal

David ColapintobyDavid Colapinto
July 23, 2014
in Features, Intelligence Community, News
Reading Time: 2min read
0
Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInEmail

A major newspaper has published an editorial highly critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in light of the Justice Department Inspector General’s bombshell report on the FBI Lab scandal. Last week, the DOJ IG documented serious flaws in the Justice Department’s review of thousands of criminal cases that were impacted by tainted forensic evidence from the FBI Lab. As a result of the Justice Department’s serious lapses and delays in reviewing thousands of cases affected by the FBI Lab scandal, 16 people were executed and 8 prisoners died before there was a complete review of the scientific flaws in the evidence used to obtain those convictions.

As pointed out by the Charlotte Observer, the “malfeasance” of the FBI, and the lack of a thorough or professional review by the DOJ, raises serious questions as to how many innocent people remain in jail, and how many people have been executed, as a result of thousands of convictions that relied on flawed forensic evidence from the FBI Lab.

The entire editorial is worth reading, but here is an excerpt:

At least three men were executed before a Justice Department task force fully reviewed those cases. In at least one, the defendant would not have been eligible for the death penalty without the FBI’s flawed work, the report said. (The Justice Department generally agreed with the report’s findings.)

Among the 64 on death row with questionable cases were two from South Carolina: Donald Gaskins was executed in 1991 and Leroy Drayton was executed in 1999. In addition, 17 Carolinas cases were among 402 in which defendants were convicted on evidence so problematic that the task force ordered an independent scientific review of the FBI examiners’ work. The report was able to confirm that prosecutors revealed the findings to only 15 of the 402.

This all started in the early 1990s, when FBI whistleblower Fred Whitehurst alleged that examiners were producing unreliable forensics. A Justice Department task force worked from 1996 to 2004 reviewing cases and informing affected defendants. The Inspector General reviewed the task force’s work after the Washington Post raised questions in 2012 about its performance and showed that at least three D.C. men had been convicted using sloppy FBI work. All three have been exonerated.

 Read the entire editorial here: FBI malfeasance undercuts death penalty

Read previous posts on this issue.

Protect Yourself: Purchase the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Purchase the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Purchase the New Whistleblower Handbook
Tags: FBI WhistleblowersForensic Justice
David Colapinto

David Colapinto

Write a Letter to The Editor.

Most Popular

OSHA Investigating Whistleblower Retaliation Complaints Under 2 New Laws  

New SEC Notices of Covered Actions Include Deutsche Bank Foreign Bribery Case

Man in the Middle: Alan Levy Makes Peace when Whistleblowing Turns Ugly

OSHA Orders Company to Reinstate Two Whistleblower Truck Drivers

SEC Issues $5 Million Award to Whistleblowers Located Abroad

Leading Whistleblower Attorney: The CFTC Whistleblower Program is in Crisis Because of Its Success

Whistleblower Poll

Increased Whistleblower Protections
Legislation

Candidate’s Position on Increased Whistleblower Protections Influences 44% of Likely Voters

byAna Popovich
October 6, 2020

Protect Yourself: Buy the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Buy the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Buy the New Whistleblower Handbook
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

STAY INFORMED. Sign up for daily whistleblower email and social notifications from the Whistleblower Network News.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Qui Tam

  • Dodd-Frank
  • IRS & Tax
  • SEC
  • Foreign Corruption
  • False Claims-Qui Tam

Retaliation

  • OSHA
  • Sarbanes-Oxley

Government

  • Government
  • Intelligence
  • Legislation
  • Veterans

Features

  • Whistleblower of the Week
  • Editorial
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Opinion

Resources

  • FAQs
  • National Whistleblower Day
  • National Whistleblower Center
  • Whistleblower Handbook
Whistleblower Network News

Whistleblower Network News is an independent online newspaper providing our readers with up-to-date information on whistleblowing. Our goal is to be the best source of information on important qui tam, anti-corruption, compliance, and whistleblower law developments. 

Submit an Article
  • ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • CAREERS
  • CONTACT

Copyright © 2021, Whistleblower Network News. All Rights Reserved.

This Newspaper/Web Site is made available by the lawyer or law firm publisher for educational purposes only as well as to give you general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide specific legal advice. By using this website, you understand that there is no attorney-client relationship between you and the Newspaper/Web Site publisher. The Newspaper/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state.

No Result
View All Result
  • Government
  • Legislation
  • False Claims
  • Corporate
    • Dodd-Frank
    • IRS & Tax
    • SEC
    • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • OSHA
  • Environment
  • Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Login

Copyright © 2020, Whistleblower Network News. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Google
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Sign Up with Facebook
Sign Up with Google
OR

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Go to mobile version