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It's time to test rape kits

May 15th, 2011
By
Mariska Hargitay, Sarah Tofte and Annette Burrhus-Clay
Over the last two years, cities across Texas, including Houston, have acknowledged significant backlogs of untested rape kits in their police storage facilities — at least 4,000 kits in Houston and another 16,000 untested kits in Dallas and San Antonio combined.
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Rape kits get DNA upgrade, 'SVU' star

October 22nd, 2009
By
Bill Sanderson
Two decades after their first use in New York emergency rooms, rape testing kits are being updated for the DNA age.
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