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Los Angeles County Sexual Assault Cases to go Unprosecuted

By Walin & Klarich

Los Angeles County District Attorney?s Office Unable to Prosecute More Than 200 Sexual Assault Cases According to the results of an audit released last month, more than 200 open cases of sexual assault in Los Angeles County will not be prosecuted. This is the result of the LAPD?s Scientific Investigations Division failing to test DNA evidence before the 10 year Statute of Limitations passed. The audit further found that 7,000 sexual assault test kits still remained untested by the Scientific Investigations Division! Moreover, the audit discovered that the LAPD failed to notify several sexual assault victims that their rape kits had not been tested within a 2 year period, as required by California State Law. LAPD Chief William J. Bratton has cited lack of funding and staff as the root of the problem...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on November 16, 2008 (boomark / email).