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White House, NYC prosecutor pledge $79 million to test rape kits
Funding will go toward DNA testing on an estimated 70,000 rape kits, which are often backlogged because of expense.
New national funding will clear Utah’s backlog of untested rape kits
White House, NYC prosecutor pledge $79M to test the kits nationwide.
State Attorney's Office receives $2 million federal grant to clear rape test-kit backlog
State Attorney Angela Corey announced Thursday afternoon that her office has received nearly $2 million in a federal grant to eliminate the about 1,300 sexual-assault test kits sitting on evidence shelves at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Nearly $80 Million Will Be Used to Finally Test Thousands of Rape Kits
Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch were in New York Thursday to announce that the White House has awarded $41 million in new rape kit testing grants to police departments across the country, added to the $38 million in grant money that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance already contributed. That $79 million will be used to test 70,000 backlogged rape kits across the country. Finally.
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$79m pledged to eliminate persistent rape kit backlog
Joe Biden and attorney general Loretta Lynch announce initiative to end backlog of untested sexual assault DNA kits.
Millions Earmarked to Clear 'Disturbing' Rape Kit Backlog
New effort underway to clear rape kit backlog.
Rape, suspended in time
Hoping to bring closure to victims, Las Vegas fighting to analyze thousands of backlogged rape kits that have been in storage for decades.
Metro Changes Rape Kit Policy After Finding Nearly 100 Unprocessed In Past Ten Years
There are estimates that as many as 400-thousand rape kits in the United States are gathering dust on police evidence shelves – going untested. The issue has caused outrage and led to some reforms at local, state and federal levels. We wanted to find out what the status was here. News 3 has been looking into the problem for months .
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‘Law and Order: SVU’ News 2015: USA Network’s Next Marathon Of The Addictive Cop Show Will Benefit A Good Cause
The police procedural’s next binge-offering on cable will be a call to end domestic violence and sexual assault.
How and Why We Need to Support Survivors: #TheEmptyChair and Ray Rice
In our mutual work to end domestic violence and sexual assault, it’s crucial that the starting point for our words and actions be those we work in service of: survivors.
