Friday, August 27, 2010

News & Observer: SBI's bullet tests cold cases, indeed

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/article10365527.html

SBI's bullet tests cold cases, indeed

BY MANDY LOCKE AND JOSEPH NEFF - Staff Writers

Verifying the work of thousands of bullet and casing examinations performed by the State Bureau of Investigation will be challenging and could be impossible.

New SBI Director Greg McLeod has promised to audit the firearms unit after questions raised by The News & Observer about a troubling examination ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/article10365527.html

Friday, August 13, 2010

News & Observer: Part 4: SBI relies on bullet analysis that critics deride as unreliable

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/agents-secrets/article17713412.html#navlink=SecList

Part 4: SBI relies on bullet analysis that critics deride as unreliable

BY MANDY LOCKE AND JOSEPH NEFF

mandy.locke@newsobserver.com, joseph.neff@newsobserver.com

Editor's note: A front-page story Aug. 14, 2010, about bullet analysis in a Pitt County case incorrectly characterized the notes taken by SBI firearms analyst Beth Desmond in advance of a 2006 murder trial. Her notes and analysis were typed, not "scribbled." Also, a story about the firearms unit of the SBI lab incorrectly reported the adjudication of a Wilson County murder case in which a lab analyst was .....

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/agents-secrets/article17713412.html#navlink=SecList

Sunday, August 8, 2010

News & Observer: Agent's work in two cases questioned

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/agents-secrets/article10365323.html

Agent's work in two cases questioned

Eight years after his mistakes in the Alan Gell case became public, agent Dwight Ransome left the SBI. During that time, his work in another case caused more trouble.

In his investigation of the death of Stacey Pollard in Greenville, Ransome did not follow leads and failed to

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/agents-secrets/article10365323.html#storylink=cpy