Crime Police reportedly link woman to crime using DNA taken from her rape kit

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San Francisco police used DNA collected as part of a rape exam to link a woman to a crime, possibly violating her constitutional rights, the city’s district attorney alleged on Monday.

The department’s crime lab entered the DNA profiles of potentially thousands of sexual assault victims over “many years” to a database that is used to identify suspects, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. District attorney Chesa Boudin, who said his office first learned of the practice last week, told the newspaper such use of victims’ DNA could violate the California’s Victims’ Bill of Rights as well as constitutional laws related to unreasonable searches and seizures.

The woman’s DNA, which was collected in a rape exam as part of a domestic violence and sexual abuse case several years ago, was used to link her to a felony property crime in the city. Police identified her in the crime based on evidence from the rape exam, Boudin said.

The district attorney expressed concerns the practice would deter victims of sexual assault, which is widely underreported in the US, from coming forward.

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Police reportedly link woman to crime using DNA taken from her rape kit

San Francisco district attorney says it was possibly a rights violation and could deter sexual assault victims from speaking out
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Let that sink in for a second. Lady gets raped. They get the evidence, then charge her with another crime based on the rape kit evidence. Sounds like what the police would do. The only thing is I thought this medical stuff was covered by Hippa....
 
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UPDATE - San Francisco DA drops charges against woman whose rape kit DNA linked her to a property crime

San Francisco’s district attorney has dropped charges against a woman whose DNA collected from a rape kit was used to link her to a property crime, citing a violation of her constitutional rights.

District attorney Chesa Boudin said his office learned that the city’s police were using DNA samples collected from sexual assault victims to identify possible suspects last week, and is calling for legislation to ban the practice.

“This practice treats victims like evidence, not human beings,” Boudin said on Monday. “This is legally and ethically wrong.” Officials said the practice violated the defendants’ fourth amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, and runs afoul of California’s Victims’ Bill of Rights.

www.theguardian.com

San Francisco DA drops charges against woman whose rape kit DNA linked her to a property crime

District attorney Chesa Boudin said the charges violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
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