GOP ad slams Cooper over crime lab
The Republican Governors Association is out with a new anti-Roy Cooper ad, this one blaming the Democratic attorney general for widespread problems in the State Crime Lab several years ago. Cooper is running against GOP Gov. Pat McCrory.
At the time, the crime lab was part of the State Bureau of Investigation under the state Department of Justice. In 2013, the Republican-led legislature separated the SBI from the crime lab, and the following year moved .....
