The defense team for a Colorado DNA analyst whose alleged shoddy work jeopardized hundreds of convictions over 15 years on Monday asked to delay her arraignment - to go through more than 45,000 files of discovery.
Forensic scientist Yvonne 'Missy' Woods, who worked for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for 29 years, was charged in January with 102 counts related to 58 instances of alleged criminal misconduct committed between 2008 and 2023.
The charges include cybercrime, perjury in the first degree, attempt to influence a public servant and forgery. She has not yet entered a plea.
Problems with Woods' work were first discovered by an intern in 2023; a subsequent investigation 'quickly discovered a number of similar discrepancies,' First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said in a statement announcing the charges earlier this year.
Woods was placed on leave in October 2023 and resigned the following month.
One murder conviction has already been vacated after DNA findings from Woods were determined to be flawed. At least one Colorado law firm is lobbying for plaintiffs and has filed notice of a lawsuit against Woods and CBI.
CBI updated the number of identified impacted cases to 1,022 in April. The total included 472 sex assault cases, 211 burglaries, 58 assaults, 47 robberies and 19 kidnappings.
Woods appeared in Jefferson County Court on Monday wearing a blue dress alongside defense attorneys Lindsay Brown and Tom Ward.
They requested a continuance of her arraignment to late October - because they've already received more than 41,000 files of discovery to go through, including zip files that could contain further thousands, Ward said.
'Just this morning, we got disclosure of another 5,000 pages,' he added.
The prosecution agreed, calling Woods' case an 'exceptional circumstance.'
The forensic scientist is accused of 'altering and/or deleting data related to critical parts of the quality control process,' the DA announced in January.
CBI invited in the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (SDDCI), who launched year-long investigation into Woods' work.
If found 'evidence of instances where Woods altered and deleted quantification values, re-ran entire batches of DNA multiple times without any documentation and concealed possible contamination,' the DA's statement continued.
'Additionally, the affidavit alleges that in over 30 sexual assault cases, Woods deleted specific values in samples and submitted reports to agencies that reflected, “No Male DNA Found,” when in fact small amounts of male DNA were present and/or possible contamination was present and additional troubleshooting and retesting was required,' the DA said.
Through the end of 2024, the CBI estimated that the fiscal costs due to Woods’ alleged misconduct was $11,071,486.
In its internal affairs investigation report published in 2024, CBI found that Woods' work had been questioned by a coworker in 2014, who reported 'concerns' to a 'technical leader.'
She'd also been accused of 'data manipulation' in 2018, when she was removed from casework and given other duties during a a review - after which she was reinstated, it continued.
CBI has since said that 'policy changes have already been implemented to address the specific vulnerabilities exploited by Woods.'
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[Regnum] A disemboweled man's body was found in a park in the French village of Pont-de-Metz, located 100 kilometers from Paris. This was reported by the newspaper Le Parisien.
As journalists reported, citing police and judicial sources, the body was found on the morning of August 4 on a sports field. The remains were lying in the shape of a cross, which, according to investigators, may indicate that the crime was staged by the perpetrator.
The victim is a 32-year-old man, whose body also has multiple stab wounds in the neck and back. A criminal case of premeditated murder has been opened into the incident.
According to the publication, the deceased does not live in Pont-de-Metz, but is a native of the area. Eyewitnesses said that he walked in the park in the evenings.
Problems with Woods' work were first discovered by an intern in 2023; a subsequent investigation 'quickly discovered a number of similar discrepancies,' First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said in a statement announcing the charges earlier this year.
Woods was placed on leave in October 2023 and resigned the following month.
One murder conviction has already been vacated after DNA findings from Woods were determined to be flawed. At least one Colorado law firm is lobbying for plaintiffs and has filed notice of a lawsuit against Woods and CBI.
CBI updated the number of identified impacted cases to 1,022 in April. The total included 472 sex assault cases, 211 burglaries, 58 assaults, 47 robberies and 19 kidnappings.
Woods appeared in Jefferson County Court on Monday wearing a blue dress alongside defense attorneys Lindsay Brown and Tom Ward.
They requested a continuance of her arraignment to late October - because they've already received more than 41,000 files of discovery to go through, including zip files that could contain further thousands, Ward said.
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He'll probably get a star on the wall in that Diocese.
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Remember when Monkeypox was the next covid.
Remember when dogs and babies started getting monkeypox.
Remember when it was discovered Monkeypox only spreads via weird gay stuff.
Remember Monkeypox disappearing from the news.
🚨MANHUNT: Career criminal and gang member — now suspected of k*lling a family of four after being released on bond for an attempted m*rder charge while he was in prison
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…after serving 13 years for an armed robbery at a Circle K gas station
In June 2020, District Attorney General Jody Pickens strongly opposed his release, warning the parole board that Drummond was “not capable of living among society.”
Pickens revealed that after Drummond’s conviction, he called his father and threatened jurors and the victim, allegedly saying, “They are going to regret it” and “I’ll be out one day.”
Although parole was denied in 2020, Drummond was later released and was out on bond for an attempted m*rder charge at the time of the k*llings
While in custody, Drummond had accumulated 25 disciplinary actions, including drug possession, defiance, refusing orders, and possessing a deadly weapon
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I guess he is taking Bill Gates call for depopulation seriously.
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[Regnum] A zoo in the Danish city of Aalborg has called on residents to donate pets to feed predators in order to simulate hunting in the wild. The announcement was posted on the institution's Facebook page (owned by Meta, a company recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).
"Zoos need to imitate the natural food chain of animals, both for the sake of animal welfare and for the sake of professional ethics," the note says.
Lynxes especially need such feeding. It is suggested to give horses, rabbits and guinea pigs to predators. The zoo assures that domestic animals are put to sleep before being fed to anyone so that they do not suffer.
Thereis no hunting involved in taking a bite out of an animal drugged until it can’t move. Why don’t they just get animals from the pound, that are going to be killed anyway? Using people’s beloved pets is just cruel.
The instructions for surrendering pets state that a reward may be paid for horses.
This is not the first time that Danish zoos have attracted attention for their controversial treatment of animals. In February 2014, a giraffe was killed in front of spectators at the Copenhagen Zoo. It was butchered and fed to lions.
In January 2017, a lion was publicly dissected at a zoo in the Danish city of Odense. Specialists removed the animal's internal organs and showed them to spectators. Children also watched the process.
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"To feed me your pets might be cheaper,
But, Danes, vær så venlig, dig deeper
And humor my need
To eat something that's bleeding
By feeding me, kindly, that keeper."
[pours tea, relieved that the article only clumsily _implies_ vivisection] Though if any of you know for certain that _Danes,_ of all people, are slicing up sleeping lions for the edification of children, please pipe up!
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Watch fluffy zigzag about until Simba tires of the game. Now that would be a family outing that would come back up in weekly therapy for many years.
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Call when convicted murders, rapists and Pedophiles be donated.
[AFRICANEWS] The first blaze began in Balares, in the parish of Cospindo, and was followed by four others in Brantuas, A Grana, Cores and Nemeno. Two of the five fires, those in Cospindo and Cores, were stabilised by Sunday evening, while the others remained active. Residents were evacuated from Balares and O Osmo on Saturday as flames approached homes and beaches. Officials suspect the newer fires were deliberately set, as they started separately from the initial blaze, which was linked to a downed power line. Hundreds of emergency personnel, supported with aircraft and helicopters, have been deployed.
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While the mining sector in Spain has suffered from several ups and downs in the past years, recently there has been a renewed interest in the sector in line with the European Union's need for critical minerals and an attempt to reduce its raw material dependency.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Millions of Americans have been urged to stay indoors and close their windows as a thick smoky haze blankets large swaths of the US.
That explains why allergies have been so bqd this summer.
The National Weather Service has placed 12 states in the Midwest and Northeast under an orange air quality alert today, warning outdoor exercise could cause coughing, eye irritation or breathing problems.
In northern Wisconsin, a red alert is also in effect, with officials urging everyone to remain indoors where and when possible.
The alerts were issued after wildfire smoke blew across the border from Canada, which is experiencing its second worst fire season on record. More than 4,000 blazes have been recorded so far, with around 700 still burning.
The orange alert is aimed at sensitive groups, such as very young children, older adults or those with underlying conditions such as asthma or other respiratory diseases.
But officials at the NWS told DailyMail.com that even healthy adults in affected states should consider limiting outdoor activities.
Breathing in smoke from wildfires can irritate the airways and cause trouble breathing. In serious cases, it can also raise the levels of inflammation in the blood and cause clots to form that may block a blood vessel and cause a stroke or heart attack.
Warnings over wildfire smoke are expected to remain in place through Monday and into Tuesday, with officials saying they could be extended to the end of the week.
Mac Bhenard, a lead forecaster at the NWS, told this website: 'The smoke is probably going to still be around today or tomorrow... and it does look like some smoke may be present through to the end of the week.'
He added: 'The orange alerts pretty much just recommend that people should consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity.
'That typically includes those in the most sensitive groups, such as very young people and those with pre-existing respiratory problems. But, in general, the recommendation for everyone is to limit strenuous outdoor activities if you can.
'Closing windows may also be a good idea. Trying to preserve indoor air quality, that certainly can't hurt.'
The states under orange air quality alerts are: Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Wisconsin. There are also orange alerts covering parts of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
The red alert covered northern Wisconsin.
Over the weekend, parts of Illinois were also under warnings because of the smoke, although that alert is now no longer in place.
In the affected states, the Air Quality Index, a measure of pollution in the air, has surged to between 101 and 150, the weather service says. In northern Wisconsin, it is between 151 and 200.
A healthy level is between 0 to 50, while an acceptable level is between 51 and 100. Most of the US is typically in the healthy, or green, level.
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Air Quality Index as my local reports are, consists of 3 components: particulate matter < 2.5 microns (among which are smoke particles, currently measured on scale as, MODERATE high 60), particulate matter < 10 microns GOOD 21, Ozone GOOD at 45, Nitrogen oxide GOOD 9, Carbon monoxide GOOD 3, Sulfur dioxide GOOD 1. Yet local National Weather Service is warning about elevated Ozone at this moment (not happening) and not warning about Particulate Matter (which is happening). Local warnings are not making sense IMNSHO.
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Last August when particulates < 2.5 microns were high I was getting coatings on my windshield every night, and had to use the windshield washer to clear my view. Not much of a problem so far this summer.
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History is important. That said, this was a statue of a Confederate general that was erected by a Masonic temple and was vandalized by BLM following the death of a drugged out dude in Minneapolis. The embers of my outrage are at handwarmer temperature at best.
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If you want to erase people, you start by modifying their history.
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Pike, a 33 degree Mason, is an interesting fellow along the likes of Aleister Crowley.
Hidden History: Pike's globalist military blueprint called for three world wars, and three major revolutions, to bring Weishaupt's revised version of the age-old Luciferian conspiracy to its final stage. In the 1860's he is recorded as saying his military programme might take one hundred years or a little longer to reach the day when those who direct the conspiracy AT THE TOP will crown their leader King-despot of the entire world, and impose a Luciferian totalitarian dictatorship upon what is left of the human race.
#Illuminati
[AFRICANEWS] Six militants of the African People's Party Ivory Coast (PPA-CI), some senior party members, were arrested over the weekend, an event that has been fiercely denounced by the opposition party, led by ex-president Laurent Gbagbo.
These arrests come in the wake of violence in the Yopougon area in the night of 1 August: a bus belonging to the Abidjan Transport Company was set on fire, a police vehicle was damaged, and its occupants were assaulted by unidentified individuals.
The current location of the arrested militants is unknown. The government has maintained that no arrest in Ivory Coast is made arbitrarily.
Tiede Gervais, Secretary General and Deputy Spokesperson of the PPA-CI, linked the arrests to the candidacy by Laurent Gbagbo for the upcoming presidential election in October of this year: ''The six individuals who were arrested are comrades — senior party officials and other activists from Yopougon — who were very active in collecting sponsorships for President Laurent Gbagbo's candidacy in the 2025 presidential election. That's what links them all. The trap is so obvious, stitched with red thread, that even a two-year-old or three-year-old could quickly see it's a setup.''
While current president Alassane Ouattara just declared he would renew his bid for the presidency in the elections - a move that would see him take on a fourth mandate if elected - opposition candidates have faced numerous challenges in recent months.
In June, four major opposition candidates, including Gbagbo, were barred from the electoral lists published by the electoral commission.
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[Regnum] The largest oil and gas field in the last 25 years has been discovered in the southeastern part of Brazil. This was reported by the press service of the British energy company BP.
The field, dubbed Boomerang, is located in the Santos Basin, approximately 400 km from Rio de Janeiro, and covers a vast area of over 300 square kilometers. It is the tenth field discovered by BP in 2025.
On the news, BP shares rose 1.5% on the London Stock Exchange.
Every time we approach peak oil, someone finds more. And each discovery lowers the value of Russian and Iranian sales.
Responding to this story about the rate of close-cousin marriage there from a week ago.
[Twitchy] Many of the children in Gaza that the Left (and the media) hold up as 'proof' that Israel is starving the nation are actually children who are very ill with other genetic diseases.
And the blunt truth is this: it happens frequently because the rate of consanguinity ('inbreeding') is around 40% in Gaza. This puts any offspring of such unions at greater risk for genetic diseases.
A German journalist had the audacity to point this out, and UN Special Rapporteur (that must be French for 'perpetually-offended Karen') was highly offended by this:
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
