Lawndale Tribune AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - July 13, 2017 California Lawmakers Want More Clarity About DNA Evidence By Rob McCarthy seeking justice,” said Alameda County District No one knows how many rape-testing kits Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who supports the are sitting in police department evidence measure. Participation by police and sheriffs rooms in California when they should be in wouldn’t pose a burden or be time-consuming, a DNA lab being analyzed. One California O’Malley believes. The additional reporting assemblyman is intent on learning the exact in Chiu’s bill can be accomplished with “a number and why evidence in reported sexual few extra keystrokes” in the statewide DNA assault cases isn’t in a database used by tracking system for sexual predators, she investigators statewide. explained. The measure introduced by Assemblymember The bill’s author says there is no David Chiu, D-San Francisco, is aimed at comprehensive data available in California reducing the number of untested sexual assault about the number of sexual assault evidence evidence kits throughout California. The bill for the first time requires law enforcement agencies to report to the California Department of Justice annual data on sexual assault evidence Free Digital kit collection and testing, providing “greater transparency for survivors, policy makers and Delivery the criminal justice system,” according to a press release from Chiu’s office. The Assembly has unanimously approved Herald Publications is now the measure, which is moving toward vote offering to send you a link in the State Senate. The bill sailed through to your favorite community two state Senate committees last month, yet newspaper every Friday! The is opposed by the California State Sheriff’s emails will also include a list Association on the grounds that a new DNA of upcoming local events. evidence reporting requirement places a financial burden on local law enforcement. Just email us at: The push for more clarity and accountability dd@heraldpublications.com and with the DNA evidence comes amidst a tell us which local community national campaign to better manage sexual newspaper you’d like. assault evidence and reduce a backlog of untested kits. Simple as that and free!!! “The neglect of sexual assault kits with no explanation of why they were not analyzed simply adds to the trauma endured by survivors kits that local law enforcement agencies collect annually or how many kits are analyzed. No comprehensive data exists either about why some sexual assault evidence kits are not analyzed, according to Chiu. “There is a significant public interest in knowing the percentage of rape kits that are analyzed to identify the perpetrator’s DNA profile, as well as the reason for any untested rape kits not being analyzed,” the bill’s language See DNA Evidence page 8 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................7 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Food.......................................5 Finance..................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Pets........................................4 Seniors..................................2 Sports....................................8 Weekend Forecast Friday Mostly Sunny 73˚/66˚ Saturday Sunny 77˚/68˚ Sunday Sunny 80˚/68˚ Spectrum Welcomes BOSS Student-Athletes at Dodger Game Spectrum SportsNet LA (SNLA) recently hosted student-athletes from the Business of Success Beyond Sports (BOSS) organization, an integrated academic leadership program for middle school and high school boys from under-sourced Los Angeles communities, at a Dodgers game for an exclusive experience with the SportsNet LA broadcast team. Attendees were treated to a tour of the SNLA TV booth, led by SNLA analyst Orel Hershiser, before heading to the field to watch the SNLA Dodgers pregame show live and to meet host Kelli Tennant and studio analyst Nomar Garciaparra (as shown in the photo). Photo Courtesy of Spectrum SportsNet LA.
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