A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime is suing the city.
"This is government overreach of the highest order, using the most unique and personal thing we have - our genetic code - without our knowledge to try and connect us to crime," the woman's attorney, Adante Pointer, said in a statement.
Federal law already prohibits the inclusion of victims' DNA in the national Combined DNA Index System. There is no corresponding law in California to prohibit local law enforcement databases from retaining victims' profiles and searching them years later for entirely different purposes. Boudin said the report was found among hundreds of pages of evidence against a woman who had been recently charged with a felony property crime. After learning the source of the DNA evidence, Boudin dropped the felony property crime charges against the woman.
Scott said at a police commission meeting in March that he had discovered 17 crime victim profiles, 11 of them from rape kits, that were matched as potential suspects using a crime victims database during unrelated investigations. Scott said he believes the only person arrested was the woman who filed the lawsuit Monday.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Woman whose rape kit DNA led to her arrest sues San FranciscoThe woman's DNA had been collected during a domestic violence and sexual assault case.
Read more »
Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues San FranciscoA rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime is suing the city
Read more »
Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues San FranciscoA rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime is suing the city.
Read more »
Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest Sues San FranciscoA 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 against the city.
Read more »
Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues San FranciscoThen-District Attorney Chesa Boudin said in February that her DNA was collected as part of a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case.
Read more »
San Francisco sued by woman whose rape DNA led to her arrestA 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 against the city.
Read more »