Report finds ‘false positive’ field drug tests lead to wrongful convictions

Credit: Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice/University of Pennsylvania A new research report providing the first-ever comprehensive analysis of presumptive drug field test usage across law enforcement agencies in the United States has been released by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Utilizing a nationwide survey of agencies, the report, “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Field Drug Tests and Wrongful Convictions,” shows that the use of presumptive field tests in drug arrests is one of the largest, if not the largest, known contributing factor to wrongful arrests and Read More