LAPD checking fingerprints

The Los Angeles Police Department is reviewing 1,139 criminal cases to see if any additional mistakes were made by fingerprint analysts, whose errors might have led to the improper conviction of at least two people.Daily News.

Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, who heads a task force looking at the LAPD crime lab, said the group is focused on cases handled by six analysts whose mistakes led prosecutors last fall to re-examine several cases and drop charges against some suspects taken into custody on faulty evidence.

As many as 12 of those cases might be awaiting trial, although officials said most of the other cases were not in jeopardy due to plea agreements.