CBI under fire for failing to notify defendants evidence used against them may have been falsified

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is under the microscope.

State lawmakers grilled CBI Director Chris Schaefer about the agency’s handling of a scandal involving evidence in thousands of criminal cases.

All of the cases were handled by now former DNA analyst Yvonne “Missy” Woods, who appeared in court on Thursday on 102 felony charges related to tampering with or falsifying evidence.

The legislature allocated millions of dollars last year for CBI to retest DNA in the cases, but the agency is still sitting on most of that money.

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