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Debbie Madden

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    October 21, 2011

    Police Scandals Free Up Jail Cells For Released Inmates

    San Francisco County Jail: Vacancies​The Examiner had an intriguing piece today on how the scandals shaking the police department in the last year have had an ironic consequence: more empty beds in county jails to receive the hundreds of state prison inmates that will be sent our way from state pr ... More >>

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    August 24, 2011

    Crime Lab Confidential: DA and SFPD Withheld Damaging Memo About DNA Lab Failings

    San Francisco County Jail: Vacancies​The Examiner had an intriguing piece today on how the scandals shaking the police department in the last year have had an ironic consequence: more empty beds in county jails to receive the hundreds of state prison inmates that will be sent our way from state pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    District Attorney Throws Out 57 Cases After Henry Hotel Scandal, Cops Pissed

    Gascón's former underlings are not so happy with his 57 case dismissals. ​So it looks like, in the annals of San Francisco law enforcement history, the Henry Hotel scandal will not rank anywhere near the Debbie Madden catastrophe in terms of the number of cases the district attorney had to throw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Jeff Adachi Wants District Attorney To ID All Cases Involving Henry Hotel Officers

    On the prowl for cases to get dismissed.​Is this Debbie Madden, Part Deux? Public Defender Jeff Adachi sent a letter to District Attorney George Gascón today asking for a list of all the arrests, incidents, police reports, and just about everything else involving the eight officers tied to the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Prosecutor Apologizes for Handling of Crime Lab DNA Scandal

    ​A prosecutor in the office of District Attorney George Gascón apologized last week to defense lawyers for his failure to turn over potentially exculpatory documents indicating that a mix-up of DNA samples took place at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab in 2008.Assistant District Atto ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    SFPD crime lab's DNA evidence could be tainted by concealed mistakes

    ​A prosecutor in the office of District Attorney George Gascón apologized last week to defense lawyers for his failure to turn over potentially exculpatory documents indicating that a mix-up of DNA samples took place at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab in 2008.Assistant District Atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    A Timeline of Problems at the SFPD DNA Lab

    ​Through reporting over the past month, SF Weekly has uncovered multiple instances of scientifically and ethically questionable conduct by DNA analysts at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory. Our findings focus on two lapses in particular: the destruction of records of a potential ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    DNA Lab Fallout: Lawyers Ask Judge to Dismiss Rape Cases Over Sample Switch

    ​Two San Francisco defense attorneys are asking that their clients' rape cases be dismissed because of a DNA sample mix-up -- and its subsequent concealment -- at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab in 2008.The cases may be the first to be directly affected by the latest lab scandal, whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Exclusive: Prosecutor Says DA Is Sitting on His Report Critical of Crime Lab

    Rockne Harmon​DA's Office Denies Memo's Existence, But Prosecutor and DNA Expert Says He Wrote It in MarchOne of the nation's foremost DNA experts says he wrote an in-house report for the San Francisco District Attorney's office criticizing the DNA unit of the San Francisco Police Department Crime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Police Create Committee To Suss Out Crooked Cops

    Shawn CalhounChief George Gascon is angry. He wants you to be angry, too.​A retired judge and police team will begin reviewing the misconduct and criminal histories of San Francisco police officers. This is part of a new process to disclose information that may discredit cops testifying at trial. ... More >>

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