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Victim's Rape Kit Used to Identify Her as a Suspect in Another Case

    story
    FEB 2022
    Image copyright: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle [via The New York Times]
    story last updated JAN 2023

    The Spin

    Narrative A

    These are chilling revelations -- the police have been violating Californian, if not American, constitutional rights and treating rape victims as criminals.

    CNN

    Narrative B

    To suggest someone who has been a victim of rape should later be protected from identification is ridiculous. The notion does a disservice to the victims of crimes that might be solved this way.

    San Francisco Chronicle

    Articles on this story

    Not Just San Francisco: Police Across the Country are Retaining and Searching DNA of Victims and Innocent People
    Electronic Frontier FoundationJUL 2022
    Victim’s Rape Kit Helped Identify Her as a Suspect in Another Case, D.A. Says
    New York TimesJUL 2022
    San Francisco DA drops charges against woman whose rape kit DNA linked her to a property crime
    GuardianJUL 2022
    Opinion: San Francisco rape controversy will have a chilling effect
    CNNJUL 2022