Mecklenburg DA notifying impacted parties after 'incredibly troubling' DNA lab errors

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Mecklenburg DA notifying impacted parties after 'incredibly troubling' DNA lab errors

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s office has started the process of notifying attorneys whose clients may have been impacted by irregularities in DNA testing caused by a crime lab analyst.  DNA is critical in many high-profile cases like murders and rapes, and now the integrity of the evidence is in question, after the actions of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department employee. Rape kit backl…