A good step forward by VP Joe Biden and Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance to tackle the backlog of 70,000 unprocessed rape kits across the country. More than 40 law enforcement jurisdictions will receive the funds that will help alleviate the backlog of untested rape kits. Sexual assault kits contain forensic evidence collected from survivors
of sex crimes through a painstakingly thorough but humiliating process that many survivors have said is almost as traumatic as the sexual attack they experienced. But the process can lead to valuable
DNA evidence through crime lab testing - when it is processed.
Vance said that still, today, "it's estimated there are hundreds of
thousands of untested rape kits sitting in police storage facilities
nationwide. What stands in the way of testing them is money and the will
to get the job done.''
“DNA technology is the guilty person's worst enemy,'' Biden said. "It
reduces the total number of victims . .. . But the second thing it does
is it sets women free who've been victimized.''
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And for info on rape kits, please see this article from RAINN here
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