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Massachusetts crime lab director resigns under pressure
Posted: March 12, 2007
Carl Selavka, who ran the Massachusetts State Police crime lab for nearly seven years, has resigned as his lab is scrutinized for possible misconduct. Officials said that the resignation was "an admission that he didn't meet his job responsibility."
The lab is currently undergoing an audit due to problems with the way DNA database samples have been handled in the past. The lab’s database administrator was suspended without pay in January after it was revealed that he had failed to report DNA database matches to prosecutors.
Read today's Boston Globe article on Selavka's resignation.
Read previous blog entries on the Massachusetts State Police crime lab.
Read about crime lab oversight in our Fix the System section.