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SAPD won't examine DNA in possible innocence cases: DA should step in

The San Antonio PD will test a handful of old rape kits found in storage out of more than 5,000 discovered, reports KENS-5 News:For the past three months, SAPD has gone back through its 5,191 untested kits to determine which ones need to be tested. The department discovered 57 of the reported untested kits had actually been tested but had not been updated in the department?s records. The majority of the remaining untested kits are from cases where the suspect is known, and either no sexual assault occurred or the suspect?s DNA wasn?t needed for a conviction, SAPD said. Plus, if a suspect is convicted of a sexual assault, the offender?s DNA information would be submitted into a database by the state, so there was no need for SAPD to test it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).