Up to 900 DUI Samples May Be Compromised After Errors Discovered at Orange County Crime Lab
Actually may have financial incentives to get false positives
Inaccurate blood-alcohol tests are discovered at the crime lab in Orange County. That could affect several dozen DUI cases.
Hundreds of blood samples tested at the Orange County Crime Lab are now in question after officials found flaws in testing that produced inaccurate blood-alcohol readings for nearly five months beginning in late May.
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