The Pew Charitable Trusts

Faced With Staggering Backlogs of Rape Kits, States Change Testing, Investigations

February 17, 2016
By
Rebecca Beitsch

Seeking to secure justice for thousands of rape victims, about 20 states are moving to test a backlog of unexamined rape kits found in storage rooms in police departments across the country — and change the rules for how rape cases are handled in the future.

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