Interesting tale and nicely-written... my 2 cents. --Q

Dead lab worker's records mean freedom to convicts

By Kristen Gelineau
ASSOCIATED PRESS

9:15 a.m. October 8, 2005

RICHMOND, Va. – The forensic scientist cut off the tip of a cotton swab and taped it to a lab sheet next to a snippet of stained clothing.

Always save a piece of what you test, Mary Jane Burton instructed her watchful trainee.

But why? This was 1977, years before the invention of DNA testing.

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