Houston Criminal Lawyer and DWI Blog – Scheiner Law Group, P.C. » Houston Police Department http://www.scheinerlaw.com/blog 2211 Norfolk, Suite 735, Houston, TX 77098 | Office: 713-783-8998 | After Hours: 713-903-5700 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Can We Trust HPD Crime Lab Test Results? http://www.scheinerlaw.com/blog/can-we-trust-hpd-crime-lab%e2%80%99s-test-results/93/ http://www.scheinerlaw.com/blog/can-we-trust-hpd-crime-lab%e2%80%99s-test-results/93/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:45:51 +0000 admin http://www.scheinerlaw.com/blog/?p=93 Years after many have been wrongly convicted of various crimes, DNA samples are being retested.  As seen in the Houston Chronicle, the Houston Police Department Crime Lab’s test results have been proven inaccurate one too many times. 

 

For instance, George Rodriguez was wrongly convicted and sentenced to 17 years in jail for a sexual assault crime he did not commit.  According to the Houston Chronicle, “a crime lab employee falsely testified during Rodriguez’s criminal trial that genetic evidence linked him to the attack.”

 

Houston criminal defense attorneys are here to help you if you have been a victim of a faulty DNA, blood or breath test result.

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