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

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    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.

    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.


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