Welcome aboard David. It would be interesting to see some follow-up on this story to see if anything came of these revelations. My guess is no.

This really impeaches the whole credibility of criminal justice system. What we have is a "two-tier" system. Those that can afford a good defense, and those that can't. If you are accused of a crime and your attorney doesn't, as a matter of routine, insist on independent testing of all forensic evidence, you either can't afford it or you've got a bad attorney.