http://trustbut.blogspot.com/2007/09/hues-view.html

I have said it before, in a "real" court, in Europe or in North America, the flaws identified by all three Panel members would cause the case to be dismissed before the fact finder would apply the standard of proof. Sad day for justice. Great day (and vindication) for WADA, the Federations and USADA.

Campbell says Landis not only proved his case by a preponderance of the evidence but in many ways, "beyond a reasonable doubt". Says LNDD has not "been trustworthy from the beginning". Finds LNDD violated International standards, fails legal and ethical standards and should not be "entrusted with Landis' career."

"62. Because everyone assumes an athlete who is alleged to have tested positive is guilty, it is not fashionable to argue that laboratories should comply with strict rules. However, if you are going to hold athletes strictly liable with virtually no possibility of overcoming a reported alleged positive test even in the face of substantial and numerous laboratory errors, fairness and human decency dictates that strict rules be applied to laboratories as well. To do otherwise d doesn't safeguard the interest of athletes."

http://blog.environmentalchemistry.com/2007/09/floyd-landis-vs-usada-verdict-is-in.html

In simple terms, yes there are problems at LNDD, yes the practices of the LNDD "lack the vigor the Panel would expect in the circumstances" and "other matters introduced in evidence" "do give some causes for concern," however we are going to ignore this and convict anyways. Good lord I hope these arbiters are never on the jury if I'm on trial.

If you are a lab scientist with a background in the type of laboratory analysis and procedures required to carry out drug testing and would be interested in writing an Opt-Ed piece analyzing the Final Award findings and dissent for Floyd Landis vs. USADA, please contact me via our contact form. I would love to be able to publish a full scientific analysis of the findings regardless of what the findings reveal. At first glance, the findings look like a massive miscarriage of justice, but maybe that first glance is wrong. What I want to be able to publish a solid scientific analysis and see if science was well served with these findings or not.

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