DNA from Rape Kits Is Now Being Used to Connect Survivors to Crimes

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San Francisco Cops Used Rape Survivor's DNA to Connect Her to New Crimes

“years ago,” but linked someone to a recent property crime. The DA’s office found out about the re-entry last week.

The case in question was announced with a lot of vagaries to protect the sexual assault victim, but Boudin did say she was arrested on suspicion of a felony. Officials said this crossover wasn’t included in the waiver a victim signs at time of DNA collection. “Even if it were mentioned somewhere in the fine print, is that an appropriate waiver to seek from a victim who’s just come in and reported a sex assault? Absolutely not,” Boudin said.

Boudin said he isn’t sure how many times this horrific privacy violation has occurred. The office is said to be investigating how often police may have done this. While I understand wanting to get ahead of such terrible news, it seems like having an estimate might be nice, as it is thefollow-up question to such disclosures. Or maybe having a timeline of how long such a review will take would be helpful, because, again, it is a horrific violation of privacy.

“We want San Francisco to be as safe as possible, [and] we want survivors of sexual assault to feel comfortable and safe reporting and cooperating with law enforcement,” Boudin said, according to the

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