San Francisco Used DNA From Rape Victim's Assault To Arrest HER For Unrelated Crime -- Now She's Suing!
14.09.2022 - 23:31
/ perezhilton.com
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A woman is suing the city of San Francisco after police used the DNA from her sexual assault case — which she gave to help catch her rapist! — to arrest her for an unrelated property crime.
The victim, who chooses to remain anonymous, filed a lawsuit against the city Monday after the San Francisco Police Department searched their crime lab database to tie the DNA from her 2016 rape case to a burglary which took place in late 2021, according to ABC News. She explained in a March statement to KTVU:
How traumatic for this poor woman to have such sensitive information, from a VERY sensitive situation, used against her. Even if she allegedly committed a crime, this kind of practice doesn’t seem ethical at all. You’re gonna accuse someone of a crime by getting her DNA through your own unethical means?
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We’re not the only ones put off by this. Former District Attorney Chesa Boudin explained in February how the revelation raised many privacy concerns. And Adande Pointer, lawyer for the unnamed victim, is now speaking to the Associated Press about this situation. He revealed in a Tuesday statement:
News of this shocking case has rippled across the nation, stirring up quite the pushback from advocates, law enforcement, legal experts, and lawmakers. According to the Associated Press, federal law forbids victims’ DNA from being submitted to the national Combined DNA Index System, however, there is no California state law forbidding local law enforcement from retaining victims’ DNA and using it for other purposes.
The problem here is clear. Many lawmakers argue the practice could potentially prevent victims from coming