JG Sound off excerpt:You do have a point. The editors around here do tend to try, convict and publicly ostracize people in their newspapers without waiting for such trivial evidence as dna results. So why not investigate the crime labs? Well, the State’s Attorney in charge of the DNA labs happens to be a Republican and one of the Gazette’s hand-picked endorsements. Investigate? Not on your life, not on anyones life.
Regarding Sunday’s story on the Lentz murders, taking over a month to process the evidence is an extremely long time. The Gazette should investigate. Maybe they do not have enough evidence and its just a stall tactic.
The incumbent Lautenschlager and her democratic counterpart Falk insisted the crime lab needed 15 additional DNA specialists. What did J.B Van Hollen say about that during his campaign? He casually disagreed with the Democrats saying the crime lab would operate more efficiently under his guidance and occasional heavier loads could be outsourced, saving the taxpayer big money. In other words, he apparently didn’t know what he was talking about back then. But now, doing a complete flip-flop, he's an expert.
(About Doyle)Granted, with the DA office in transition he’s barely had the chance to measure the curtains so to speak, but it turns out after just a few months he wants to double the size of his opponents request from 15 to 31 new DNA techs. In effect, doubling the labs anticipated tax load on the state budget, but what does he care? The tax hike won’t be on his dime, because everybody knows, only democrats tax and spend.
“I'm convinced that he understands and recognizes that we're the experts in the field, that we know what we need to correct the backlog in the crime lab,” said Van Hollen, a Republican. “I'm confident we'll be able to get the position authority we'll need.”
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