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Backlog of DNA tests in L.A. sexual assault investigations is worse than initially revealed

A few months ago, I posted on the backlog of DNA testing by the L.A. County Sherriff’s office- and how these backlogs are causing investigations to be dropped by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office because the statute of limitation has run. This week, the Los Angeles Times reports that…

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Thousand Oaks man pleads guilty in sex assaults of immigrant women

The L.A. Daily News is reporting that a Thousand Oaks man who targeted immigrant women and children plead guilty yesterday to crimes against four women. The Ventura County District Attorneys Office says that 79-year-old man entered pleas to five charges sexual battery to lewd acts with a child. Allegedly, the…

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7,000 DNA kits have not been tested by Los Angeles police jeopardizing hundreds of sexual assault cases

Richard Winton of The Los Angles Times reports today that nearly 200 potential sexual assault cases have gone without prosecution because Los Angeles Police officials failed to test them within the 10-year statute of limitations period required to identify and charge a suspect in a sexual crime. These claims come…

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