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200 sex assault cases pass prosecution deadline before LAPD tested DNA kits

Oct. 21, 2008
The cases are part of a backlog of 7,000 DNA kits that the department has not tested, according to an audit by City Controller Laura Chick. Police say they don't have enough money. As many as 200 potential sexual assault cases have gone without prosecution because Los Angeles police officials...
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