Coming Under Scrutiny

Another incident that marred her tenure as San Francisco DA was when a technician stole cocaine from a crime lab. Harris reportedly tried to keep the mishandling of evidence under wraps and failed to inform legal counsels. This error led to a thousand cases being thrown out.

Towards the end of her time as DA, she was also criticized for supporting a rather punitive law in 2010. It made truancy a misdemeanor and sought to punish parents for failing to send their kids to school. The truancy rate dropped due to the measure.