the first red flag, price says, surfaced in the case of ernest dykes, who's currently on death row for the 1995 murder of 9-year-old lance clark and the attempted murder of his grandmother bernice. price says her office stumbled upon notes highlighting the race and ethnicities of potential jurors in the dykes' case. >> in the course of reviewing mr. dykes' sentence, which is pending before his case -- his case is pending before the judge chhabria, my office discovered evidence of a pattern of misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, that may well impact all the death penalty cases in alameda county over the past 30 years. >> reporter: while other reviews are likely to reopen old wounds. nina salarno, president of crime victims united, says it's important to ensure that the justice system delivered a just outcome. >> i think the district attorney's hands are tied. i mean, she has to follow a court order obviously. >> reporter: price's office is reviewing 35 death penalty cases and says the probe could actually span further. salarno worries about the toll on families who have already been v