LOS ANGELES , Updated 5:27 a.m. PDT April 18, 2000 --
The cases, which involve a number of drug and weapons possession arrests, are in addition to 99 felony convictions that authorities have already identified as being tainted by allegations of police conduct at the LAPD's Rampart station, City Attorney James K. Hahn told the Times.
So far 60 felony convictions have been reversed, including 10 Thursday, amid allegations that anti-gang officers in the city's poor, largely minority Rampart section framed, beat and sometimes shot innocent people, then fabricated evidence and lied in court to win convictions.
At least 30 officers reportedly have been fired, suspended or relieved of duty since the scandal broke last year.
Although the cases reviewed by Hahn's office are misdemeanors, Hahn told the Times he considers it important to clear them up as quickly as possible.
"We want to make sure that people aren't suffering under this cloud of having a conviction if they don't deserve one," he was quoted in today's editions."A criminal conviction is a criminal conviction, even if it is a misdemeanor. It can seriously affect your life."
Misdemeanors can result in punishments of up to a year in jail and thousands of dollars in fines.
LAPD: 71 Convictions To Be Overturned
All Convictions Are Misdemeanors
At least 71 more criminal convictions, all of them misdemeanors, may be overturned because of the ongoing scandal within the Los Angeles Police Department , Tuesday's Los Angeles Times reported.
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