A cloud has been cast over the new chief of the lab following revelations that a DNA extraction method may have failed across thousands of samples in criminal cases for nine years.
Professor Linzi Wilson-Wilde reviewed the automated method for retired judge Walter Sofronoff’s inquiry into the lab in 2022, but in her subsequent report did not mention information that she came across showing it was having serious problems recovering DNA.
In this episode, Professor Wilson-Wilde launches a staunch defence of her report for the inquiry, saying she was engaged to examine a separate issue of the method contaminating crime scene samples soon after its introduction in 2007.
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Episode 18 - Fair Go
Episode 17 – Through The Cracks
Episode 16 - Running
Episode 15 - Spin Cycles
Episode 14 - Renewed Hope
Episode 13 - Unheard Evidence
Episode 12 - Herring and Shark
Episode 11 - Lollies
Episode 10 - Blood
Episode 9 - Fast Hands
Episode 8 - Charge
Episode 7 - Bad Science
Episode 6 - Losing It
Episode 5 - Willy D
Episode 4 - Stealth Mode
Episode 3 - Toxic Love
Episode 2 - Sweating Bullets
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