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Revelations that the San Francisco Police Department stored rape victims' DNA in a database used to identify crime suspects has raised questions about the practice's legality, and prompted California and New York lawmakers to propose new state legislation to protect sexual assault victims.
San Francisco’s District Attorney and Public Defender are demanding that the city’s Police Department stop using DNA collected from sexual assault survivors to incriminate them with unrelated crimes.
A database with DNA collected from victims of rape and sexual assault was searched to identify suspects in crimes, Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin said.
A database with DNA collected from victims of rape and sexual assault was searched to identify suspects in crimes, Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin said.
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