Washington’s Backlogged Crime Lab Braces for Influx of Low-Level Drug Cases from Seattle

 Washington’s Backlogged Crime Lab Braces for Influx of Low-Level Drug Cases from Seattle

Forensic scientists will soon need to spend more of their time analyzing misdemeanor cases rather than analyzing evidence of more serious crimes.

by Ashley Nerbovig

On Tuesday the Seattle City Council plans to skip its normal committee process and i…

On Tuesday the Seattle City Council plans to skip its normal committee process and instead rush a vote to allow City Attorney Ann Davison to prosecute people for drug addiction, likely creating a flo…