LAPD Report IDs Faulty Fingerprint Work; Lawyers Seek Audit

In at least two cases, faulty fingerprint work by the Los Angeles Police Department has apparently pointed to the wrong suspects, and charges were dropped, according to a confidential internal report.

But "LAPD officials do not know how many other people might have been wrongly accused over the years as a result of poor fingerprint analysis and do not have the funds to pay for a comprehensive audit to find out, according to police records and interviews," reports the Los Angeles Times.

Some lawyers are calling for an audit of the fingerprint work that has been done, to determine the full extent of the problem.