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Texas is reviewing more than 1, 000 criminal cases over faulty DNA tests

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By Paul Flahive

Published May 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM EDT

Faulty DNA tests being used in criminal cases in Texas could impact about 700 cases. Under some circumstances, these tests were incorrectly coming back as insufficient DNA to test.

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