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DA plans retest of felony drug evidence

Originally published: March 9, 2011 10:37 PM
Updated: March 9, 2011 11:02 PM
By KATHLEEN KERR  kathleen.kerr@newsday.com

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice comments about

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice comments about the mishaps of the crime lab at a news conference in Mineola. (Feb. 15, 2011)

Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice plans to have all felony drug evidence collected over the past three years -- as many as 3,000 cases -- retested because of foul-ups at the county's police crime lab.

Rice originally had planned to seek a more limited retesting of just 10 percent of all drug cases analyzed by each lab technician.

The district attorney has also broadened plans for...

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