Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest Sues San Francisco
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit...
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A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit...
A woman whose rape kit was used by San Francisco police to identify her as suspect in a crime filed a lawsuit against the city and its police department on Monday.
The lawsuit prompts calls for reform to prevent other police departments in the state from using rape kit DNA evidence.
The woman had provided her DNA to police after being sexually assaulted in 2016, her lawyer said. About five years later, officers used it to charge her with retail theft.
Police violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by misusing the DNA of a sexual assault victim, a lawsuit says.