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Virginia Beach police used forged DNA reports during interrogations, official says

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Virginia Beach police used forged documents to get confessions or cooperation from people. At least one forged report was presented as evidence in court, Attorney General Mark Herring said. Herring announced the department has agreed to end the practice and implement policy changes. The terms of the agreement with the department will remain in effect for at least two years.

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News18 India

Official: Police Used Fake DNA Reports During Interrogations

Virginia Beach police used forged documents that linked people's DNA to a crime to get them to confess or cooperate with investigators, Virginia's outgoing attorney general announced Wednesday.

2 years ago·India

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Associated Press News

Official: Police used fake DNA reports during interrogations

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Beach police used forged documents that linked people's DNA to a crime to get them to confess or cooperate with investigators, Virginia's outgoing attorney general announced Wednesday.

2 years ago·United States

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USA Today

Virginia police used fake DNA reports during interrogations, attorney general says

Officers used fake reports purporting to be from the Virginia Department of Forensic Science during interrogations, Virginia's attorney general says.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Official: Police used fake DNA reports during interrogations

Virginia's attorney general says police in Virginia Beach used forged documents linking people’s DNA to a crime to get them to confess

2 years ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Virginia Beach Police used forged forensic documents in interrogations

The department has reached an agreement with the Virginia attorney general to ban the practice.

2 years ago

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KRDO

Official: Police used fake DNA reports during interrogations

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says police in Virginia Beach used forged documents linking people’s DNA to a crime to get them to confess. Mark Herring made the announcement Wednesday following an investigation by the AG’s Office of Civil Rights. Herring’s office said in a statement that the city’s police department has changed its policy in the wake of the probe. Virginia Beach police serve a city of about 450,000 people…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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