Criminal charges dismissed early against UCLA's Patrick Harran
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Rebecca Trager2018-09-26T09:58:00
Principal investigator implicated in the death of UCLA research assistant Sheri Sangji sees charges dropped over district attorney’s objections
Criminal charges against University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) chemistry professor Patrick Harran, related to the 2009 death of his research assistant, were dismissed earlier this month. This comes nine months ahead of schedule and over the objections of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
A judge determined on 6 September that Harran had satisfied all of the terms and conditions of the five-year deferred prosecution agreement, according to Greg Risling, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office. The office would not elaborate on why it opposed the judge’s decision to drop the charges.