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Report: State has ‘taken the right steps,’ but large backlog of untested rape kits remains
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWashington state’s backlog of untested rape kits has been a problem for years. But a new audit by...
Testing ends backlog of 10,000 rape kits. What NC is doing to keep them from piling up.
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe backlog of sexual assault kits in North Carolina has been cleared, Attorney General Josh Stein...
SLED begins rollout of statewide rape test kit tracking to cut backlog in untested kits
The State via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe South Carolina Law Enforcement Division was required by law to develop the new system, which...
Untested rape kits plagued Memphis long before jogger case
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA city long plagued by a heavy backlog of untested sexual assault kits was shaken by Cleotha...
Rape kit backlog ends in North Carolina, AG says
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Attorney General Josh Stein announced on Tuesday that North Carolina has ended the backlog of untested older sexual assault kits....
Sacramento Police destroyed rape kits, left others untested until a city audit | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThere is no clearer example of America’s insincerity toward rape survivors than the backlog in...
An Unlikely Alliance In Congress Has A Plan To Fix The Nationwide Rape Kit Backlog
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLegislation from Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) would force state and local...
North Carolina clears rape kit backlog; other states still have 1,000s
Scripps News via AOL· 2 months agoFile photo shows a sexual assault evidence collection kit at Rape Crisis Volunteers of Cumberland...
Dallas police finally clear nearly 2,000 backlogged rape kits dating back to 90s
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Dallas Police Department has finally cleared a backlog of hundreds of untested forensic sexual...
Sacramento police possess 300+ untested rape kits but didn’t report it to state, audit says
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Sacramento Police Department is in possession of an estimated more than 300 untested rape kits,...