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Feds charge L.A. County sheriff’s deputy accused of smuggling heroin into jail
Federal prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy with smuggling heroin into a jail where he was ...
Los Angeles sheriff retesting 4,000 DNA samples due to possible error
"We take the integrity of our criminal investigations and the reliability of our forensic testing very seriously,” L.A.
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Los Angeles sheriff’s department to retest 4,000 DNA samples after using faulty kits for 8 months
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed ...
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Los Angeles sheriff's department to retest 4,000 DNA samples after using faulty kits for 8 months
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed ...
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Faulty DNA Tests Were Used in Thousands of L.A. Criminal Cases, Sheriff Says
The manufacturer of the test kits notified the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in August that many of the kits were likely defective, but it kept using them for several months.
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Los Angeles sheriff's department to retest 4,000 DNA samples after using faulty kits for 8 months
FILE - A roll of police tape is left on the windshield of Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicle in the parking lot of its training academy in Whittier, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.