Joyful Heart in the News

She's been waiting 15 months for her rape kit to be processed. A new proposal to track evidence aims to change that.

November 14, 2018
Chicago Tribune
By
Alison Bowen

Sarah Parsons is ready to move forward, to endure a criminal case against the man she said sexually assaulted her, to begin closing a difficult chapter.

But she is waiting on one thing. The evidence collected last year in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital, known as a rape kit, hasn’t yet been analyzed. An attorney advised waiting; the results would likely bolster the case.

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