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LAPD Failed to Test DNA for Sex Assualt Cases On Time

By Corey Rayburnyung

An audit of the Los Angeles Police Department released Monday has revealed that as many as 200 possible sex assault cases have not been prosecuted because police officials did not meet the legal deadlines to test DNA forensic evidence.  From The Los Angeles Times: As many as 200 potential sexual assault cases have gone without prosecution because Los Angeles police officials failed to meet legal deadlines to test DNA evidence that might have identified a suspect, according to a city audit released Monday. The audit was the second critical assessment of LAPD forensic work in as many weeks. A confidential report obtained by The Times last week disclosed shoddy work by the department's fingerprint experts that had falsely implicated people in crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 22, 2008 (boomark / email).