Queensland DNA lab to be ‘rebuilt from ground up’ after damning report, government says
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Samples to be retested and double jeopardy laws potentially reformed so serious crimes can be re-prosecuted after 123 recommendations accepted
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Queensland forensic services will be rebuilt from the ground up" and double jeopardy laws may be reformed to re-prosecute serious crimes after a damning report into the state's DNA laboratory.
Forensic services will undergo radical, long-term structural change after the state government on Thursday accepted all 123 recommendations by commissioner Walter Sofronoff.
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