The California police force caused a national uproar after a sexual assault survivor was matched to a property crime through a DNA sample in her rape kit.
“We don’t want our victims to worry their DNA from a victim profile is going to be used in another unrelated case,” Scott told the news outlet.
Last week, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said that his office had learned that the city’s to crimes. His office became aware that the SFPD had used DNA it collected from a woman years ago as part of a rape kit exam to connect her to a recent felony property crime. Boudin expressed concerns that the practice could dissuade sexual assault survivors from coming forward.Every DA I've spoken to in the country--far and wide, red and blue--has absolutely been horrified at this practice. It never should have happened.
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