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San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab

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    January 25, 2012

    State DNA Lab Backlog Eliminated, Attorney General Kamala Harris Says

    ​California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a statement today asserting that a backlog of DNA evidence has been eliminated at state forensics labs, speeding the analysis of evidence in criminal cases.Harris said in the statement that "routine analysis" of DNA can now be performed within 30 d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    DA George Gascón Defends Handling of Crime Lab Memo

    George Gascón​District Attorney George Gascón fought back against attacks on his suppression of an internal memo criticizing the San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab's DNA unit at a public forum for DA candidates last night, asserting that his office was prepared to disclose the memo throug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    California's Other Forensic Science Problem

    Not quite​We've devoted a lot of ink over the past two months to problems with forensic science at the DNA division of the San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab. In December, SF Weekly reported that records of a DNA sample mix-up had been destroyed and that a prosecutor's memo criticizing the ... 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 14, 2010

    The Paper Trail: Documents Raise Doubts About the SFPD Crime Lab's DNA Unit

    ​Problems with the quality of DNA evidence at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab, and efforts to conceal those problems by government officials, are extensively documented through letters, reports, and e-mails. Below are the key records underlying SF Weekly's reporting on the crime lab' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Video: Public Defender Jeff Adachi Discusses the SFPD Crime Lab DNA Scandal

    As head of the office that represents the majority of defendants charged with serious crimes in San Francisco, Public Defender Jeff Adachi has paid close attention to problems with forensic evidence at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab. Here, Adachi discusses the latest revelations about ... 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 >>

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