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Debra Aranda worried that someone had died when she was unexpectedly called out of her daily routine in a Pueblo prison a few weeks ago. But when the 67-year-old arrived at the room she’d been called to, a prison worker handed her a fat manila envelope. “I’m like, ‘What in the world?’ ” Aranda said. The envelope was a packet from the Weld County District Attorney’s Office that informed Aranda her criminal conviction might be impacted by the misconduct of Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, who manipulated and deleted DNA testing data for years across hundreds of cases, putting all her forensic work in question — revelations that came to light publicly in late 2023. Aranda was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 on an attempted murder conviction in a domestic violence stabbing, and Woods was an endorsed witness on her case. With the packet in hand, Aranda started making calls. To her former public defender.

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