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    Forensic expert's flawed DNA analysis leads to release of murder defendant, prompts DA review

    LOS ANGELES — Orange County, California, prosecutors are reviewing cases worked by a DNA expert who has been accused by defense attorneys of altering her analysis to help win convictions. The probe will target only active cases — likely no more than a handful — that relied on testimony from the DNA expert, Mary Hong. But in more than 30 years with the Orange County Crime Lab, Hong was involved ...
    by Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times Apr 06, 2022 3 minutes
    Public Defender Scott Sanders, who says that defense attorneys have been asking for a review of Mary Hong’ s cases for years.

    LOS ANGELES — Orange County, California, prosecutors are reviewing cases worked by a DNA expert who has been accused by defense attorneys of altering her analysis to help win convictions.

    The probe will target only active cases — likely no more than a handful — that relied on testimony from the DNA expert, Mary Hong.

    But in more than 30 years with the Orange County Crime Lab, Hong was involved in hundreds of criminal prosecutions.

    Defense attorneys have long scrutinized Hong's work, particularly in two murder cases where they allege that she

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