NJ.com: A lab technician for the State Police allegedly faked results in a drug case, and has drawn into question 7,827 criminal cases on which he worked, according to state officials.
Kamalkant Shah worked as a laboratory technician for the State Police laboratory in Little Falls and was found to have "dry labbed" suspected marijuana, according to a Feb. 29 memo to Public Defender Joseph Krakora from Deputy Public Defender Judy Fallon. Shah's essentially accused of making up data.
"Basically, he was observed writing 'test results' for suspected marijuana that was never tested," Fallon said in the memo.
The memo was released Tuesday on the New Jersey Municipal Court Law Update Service's website.
Shah was removed from lab work on Dec. 10 as soon as the problem was discovered, said Peter Aseltine, spokesman for the Office of the Attorney General. Shah, who received a salary of $101,039, was suspended without pay effective Jan 12, he said.
Shah has not been charged with any crime, and is believed to have retired, Aseltine said.
6 comments:
I hate it when that happens.
Put him in jail, and throw away the key.
There is huge problem of reproducability of results regarding drug leads. Part of the problem stems from early research devolving down to academic labs from higher cost industry labs. Academic labs often rush to publish to establish priority and to get funding. Industry labs cannot really afford to make such costly mistakes. They often do have false leads, but the results are never published externally -- never "put out there" to confuse.
Agree, Allen. That dude just made the New Jersey judicial system a lot more complicated than it already was.
I still think Christie is set to become Attorney General if Trump wins.
Bush II appointed him U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
"Soon after taking office, Christie let it be known that his office would make public corruption a high priority, second only to terrorism.[39] During his eight-year tenure, he received praise for his record of convictions in public corruption cases. His office convicted or won guilty pleas from 130 public officials, both Republican and Democratic, at the state, county and local levels.[42] The most notable of these convictions included those of Democratic Hudson County Executive Robert C. Janiszewski in 2002 on bribery charges,[43] Republican Essex County Executive James W. Treffinger in 2003 on corruption charges,[44] former Democratic New Jersey Senate President John A. Lynch, Jr., in 2006 on charges of mail fraud and tax evasion,[45] State Senator and former Newark Democratic mayor Sharpe James in 2008 on fraud charges,[46] and Democratic State Senator Wayne R. Bryant in 2008 on charges of bribery, mail fraud, and wire fraud."
-Wiki
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