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DNA lab
Sierra LaMar: Crime Lab Evidence Gives Police New...
Erin Sherbert • 04/17/2012 7:36 am

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…

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DA's Office Belatedly Mails Memo Criticizing Crime Lab...
Peter Jamison • 01/06/2011 5:06 pm

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…

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Draft of Forensic Science Reform Bill Released
Peter Jamison • 12/27/2010 4:40 pm

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…

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Federal Legislation to Reform Crime Labs Proposed
Peter Jamison • 12/22/2010 1:45 pm

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…

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Prosecutor: Crime Lab Produced 'Misleading' Report Implicating Murder...
Peter Jamison • 12/17/2010 12:01 pm

District Attorney Releases Critique of DNA Evidence in 2007 Homicide A highly regarded prosecutor and DNA expert who was employed for three years at…

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DA Kamala Harris Says She Never Saw Report...
Peter Jamison • 12/15/2010 3:53 pm

SFPD Chief Also Denies Awareness of Critique Written by Prosecutor and DNA Expert District Attorney Kamala Harris and San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón…

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A Timeline of Problems at the SFPD DNA...
Peter Jamison • 12/14/2010 4:45 pm

Through reporting over the past month, SF Weekly has uncovered multiple instances of scientifically and ethically questionable conduct by DNA analysts at the San…

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