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.
The city’s police department has changed its policy in the wake of the state’s probe, Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement. In a separate statement, the city said it had ended the practice in May after conducting its own investigation, but called the tactic legal.
Virginia Beach police serve a city of about 450,000 along the state’s coast. Officers used fake reports purporting to be from the Virginia Department of Forensic Science at least five times during interrogations between March 2016 and February 2020, Herring’s office said.
Oh good grief… there are so many bad guys are going tonget released by lawyers and judges over this….
Where is OJ’s DNA results ??????
How many Labs did his & it meant NOTHING !!!!
If this is true then it’s wrong. You can’t forge evidence to get a conviction. Simple as that. They create their own problems.
That’s WHY you Lawyer up & say Nothing !!!!
Police are even Allowed to Lie to you , & are against you Not your friend !!! Use Your RIGHT
to Remain Silent is the Best Bet !!!! They can make even an innocent person Look Guilty
and often do !!! They are smarter than You & are well trained to get you if they want !! FACT
This was advice from a COP in Virginia Beach Va !!! On You tube
They CAN make anybody look GUILTY !!!! EASY Peasy !!!
Keep the MOUTH SHUT !!! Best Advice you can get !!!
It is EASY for the police to Set you Up That is a FACT !!!!
Everyone involved with this need to terminated. Eliminate the problem, but of course they cant because they are already short staffed. So the beat goes on, unfortunately.
Those Dirty Police need to go to PRISON along with the Dirty Judges !!!! The Good Police & Judges
need to be Commended for a Job Well Done !!!
Problem is Who is Good Who is Bad !!!
Yes, & which one are YOU dealing with !!!!??????
Probable Cause is TOO LOW a Bar & you can All too easily be Arrested !!!! Then you are in Trouble !!!