Authorities confirmed last night that DNA lab results have come back, yielding new leads in the case regarding 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, who has been…
Questions About Secrecy Surrounding Document Persist The San Francisco District Attorney's Office has quietly begun supplying criminal defense lawyers with an internal memo that…
The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has released a draft version of legislation to reform the field of forensic science across the…
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says he will introduce legislation next year to reform the field of forensic science nationwide, a…
District Attorney Releases Critique of DNA Evidence in 2007 Homicide A highly regarded prosecutor and DNA expert who was employed for three years at…
SFPD Chief Also Denies Awareness of Critique Written by Prosecutor and DNA Expert District Attorney Kamala Harris and San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón…
Through reporting over the past month, SF Weekly has uncovered multiple instances of scientifically and ethically questionable conduct by DNA analysts at the San…
