San Francisco faces civil rights lawsuit over woman's arrest based on DNA from her rape kit
by Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times
Sep 13, 2022
3 minutes
A San Francisco woman whose DNA from a sexual assault examination was used by police five years later to arrest her in connection with an unrelated property crime, spurring a backlash and attempts to ban the practice, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.
The woman, who is in her 20s and is referred to as Jane Doe in the lawsuit filed Monday, said police assured her when she reported a sexual
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