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By |December 3, 2010 4:46 p.m. |In Crime

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The SF Weekly is reporting that San Francisco police covered up a mix-up of DNA samples by a crime lab forensics analyst. The error reportedly occured in a homicide case.

"Not only did the lab fail to document the switching of samples. They intentionally covered it up. This is a bombshell," Public Defender Jeff Adachi told the newspaper.

The scandal comes in the wake of revelations that a crime lab technician stole drugs that had been  seized as evidence for her personal use.

Read the story at SF Weekly's website.

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John Upton was formerly a reporter at the Bay Citizen, where he covered water, science and the environment. johnupton@gmail.com. View Profile
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