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An Unlikely Alliance In Congress Has A Plan To Fix The Nationwide Rape Kit Backlog
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 9 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...
California launches site to track results of rape kits after police backlogs
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia on Tuesday launched a website that allows victims of sexual assault to track the status of the results of their medical exams — an effort to address widespread complaints about wait ...
Rape kit from 1994 leads to arrest in 43-year-old killing, authorities say
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoA rape kit from a 1994 alleged crime led to an arrest in a 43-year-old killing in California,...
California enables sexual assault victims to track rape kits
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDelays in testing evidence from sexual assaults have been a lost opportunity for investigators and a source of frustration for victims for years, prompting California officials to announce Tuesday ...
Sacramento police possess 300+ untested rape kits but didn’t report it to state, audit says
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Sacramento Police Department is in possession of an estimated more than 300 untested rape kits,...
Rural rape victims in Tennessee face obstacles for exams. These nurses hope to change that
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs recent as 2018, rape survivors in much of Middle Tennessee had to travel to Nashville General...
Fact-check: Does Texas have highest number of rape offenses in nation?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Texas adopted a near-total ban on abortion in 2021, the measure did not include exceptions for...
Suspect finally identified in decades old rape case
KFOR articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn investigation into an Edmond rape case from 1989 might finally be solved decades later after a rape kit found a match to a suspect thousands of miles...
Entire Washington State sexual assault kit backlog sent for testing, 21 cases solved
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 27—The sexual assault kit backlog in Washington State has largely been cleared, with more than 10,000 kits sent off for testing and at least 21 cases solved, Attorney General Bob Ferguson ...
