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'Disturbing' rape kit investigation prompts action in several states

December 5, 2018
By
Sergio Hernandez and Ashley Fantz

The Washington attorney general said Tuesday he will notify every law enforcement agency in his state and direct them to ensure that rape kits are not being inappropriately destroyed. His action comes in response to a CNN investigation into the destruction of rape kits nationwide and on the heels of a Missouri police chief's apology to victims.

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Mariska Hargitay on CNN: Rape kit backlog and destruction is outrageous

December 3, 2018
By
Mariska Hargitay

Much has been written this year about women's anger -- its power and potential, its evolution and necessity. But beneath the analysis, there is the feeling itself: anger, pure and simple. It's what I felt when I read CNN's report about the destruction -- the outrageous, careless, wrongheaded, uneducated, ill-informed, dangerous, willful destruction -- of rape kits.

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5 ways to help end rape in Alaska

February 4, 2014
By
John D. Sutter
Join organizations in Alaska in their efforts to help to make it a safer place.
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