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 CBS News June 20, 2019, 7:45 AM
Cops said it was meth – it was cotton candy: Inside the nationwide crime lab backlog
 

Last Updated Jun 20, 2019 10:44 AM EDT

"CTM in Focus" is original reporting you'll see only on "CBS This Morning," exposing new information on issues that impact us all. There's a growing backlog at crime labs nationwide that's leaving victims waiting for justice: A recent government report found the backlog for DNA analysis increased almost 85% from 2011 through 2017. "CBS This Morning" got a rare look inside the Arkansas state lab, and spoke to one woman stuck behind bars because of the backlog.

On New Year's Eve in 2016, Dasha Fincher was on her way to a pawn shop in Macon, Georgia with her boyfriend, when she got pulled over because their car window tint looked too dark.

She said she wasn't nervous because "we weren't doing anything wrong."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crime-lab-backlog-cops-thought-it-was-meth-it-was-cotton-candy/