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Ongoing review identifies 3 cases that should have been tested in DNA review

Shaban Athuman

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VPM News

The General Assembly ordered a review of cases involving lab analysis conducted by Mary Jane Burton earlier this year, following the VPM podcast Admissible: Shreds of Evidence, which investigated the quality and accuracy of her lab work.

As Linda Jackson, director of the state’s forensic science department, told the Virginia State Crime Commission on Tuesday, that review uncovered three cases that should have been included in a post-conviction DNA testing review ordered in 2005 by then-Gov. Mark Warner — but weren’t tested.

BizSense Beat: Tom Leonard’s, Rocketts Landing building, Hanover data center

BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.

This week, Benjamin Dolle of VPM and Jack Jacobs of Richmond BizSense discuss expansion plans for the Tom Leonard’s grocery store in Short Pump, Richmond seeking new proposals to reinvent a city-owned building near Rocketts Landing and a planned data center in Hanover County.

Listen in and read more here.