More Funding Proposed For Crime Lab
“Both the defense bar and prosecutors agree that we have to do something to fix our crime lab,” said Jim Hood.
Hood formed a task force to study Mississippi’s crime lab and compare it to labs in neighboring states. The task force recommends the state double its funding to the crime lab and build a new larger facility.
“Whatever it takes however we have to fund it we have got to do it. We have to protect the innocent as prosecutors and convict the guilty,” Hood said.
Mississippi has not had a full time medical examiner in at least 15 years. The state is close to hiring one this year.
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