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Feministing
We've covered the tragedy of untested rape kits at some length. Well, Human Rights Watch investigator Sarah Tofte, who spearheaded the initial work in LA, is currently leading comprehensive research in Illinois. Good news: she may n... 2
Chicagoist
DNA rendering by ynse Thanks to new legislation, a backlog of untested rape kits in Illinois could finally be sent to crime labs and tested. According to the Chicago Tribune, various police departments statewide have been sittin... 3
Feministing
Remember that Human Rights Watch report on the horrifying back log of unprocessed rape kits in LA County? Remember how it motivated the LA police department to take responsibility and increase personnel to get justice served, at lon... 4
LAist
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If all goes to plan at today's regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council, the massive backlog of DNA rape kits sitting on LAPD shelves--around 7,500 in Fall 2008--should be elim... 5
LAist
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Thousands of rape kits waiting to be DNA tested and the ominous threat that 40,000 prisoners will be released onto the streets are expected to be dominating issues at today's Public Safety Committ... 6
Medical News Today
A Senate panel on Tuesday held a hearing on the backlog of untested rape kits nationwide, CBS News reports. Several witnesses at the hearing called on lawmakers to address the situation after a CBS investigation revealed 20,000 rape... 7
TVNewser
A 5-month CBS investigative report by CBS News' Armen Keteyian and producer Laura Strickler led to a policy change this week within the San Antonio police department:
In response to a CBS News investigation on untested rape kits,... 8
Jezebel
Is it worth a $1,500 investment to keep a rapist from attacking again? Judging from the number of rape kits that are backlogged due to lack of funds, apparently, it's too high a price to pay for women's safety. CBS News recently con... 9
LAist
Thousands of rape kits still remain untested, finds a follow-up to a year-old audit that revealed some 7,500 rape kits sat untested on the shelves of LAPD labs. City Controller Wendy Greuel plans to release the the full findings ... 10
LAist
It was about a year ago when the public was outraged over some 7,500 rape kits sitting on the shelves of LAPD criminalist labs untested. Fueled by the anger and a city audit, the LAPD announced they would begin going through all ... 11
Jezebel
• The president of Mali has announced that he is not going to sign the new family law, which would give greater rights to women, including the right to disobey their husbands and raise the age of marriage to 18. Muslim groups have b... 12
Alternet
Rape is not something you should budget for. Yet some rape victims, unlike victims of other crimes, have to pay for basic evidence collection.
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Jezebel
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department — already facing an ugly and much-publicized backlog on testing rape kits — has announced the cessation of testing due to funding shortfalls. There's no word when, or if, testing will resume. [UP... 14
Huffington Post
A woman submitted to a rape kit exam in July 2008 at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital after a husky stranger allegedly dragged her to the ground and sexually assaulted her, biting her on the neck and ears, according to police report... 15
L.A. Now
Laura Chick wrote a lot of audits as Los Angeles' city controller. Now, the investigative reporting organization Pro Publica has honored Chick for an audit her office produced on rape kits at the Los Angeles Police Department. Pro P... 16
Feministing
Last night, the LA City Council approved a budget that will fund the testing of the huge backlog of untested rape kits in Los Angeles. According to Hollywood NOW President Lindsey Horvath (who was also recently appointed to the West... 17
Jezebel
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault are rebutting the story that the state charges victims for rape kits. Local law enforcement is billed, then reimbursed by the state. [Feministe]
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Feministe
Last Saturday, I wrote a blog post about a news story originally reported by a Houston television station and picked up by CNN, stating that Texas was charging victims for their own rape kits. Since then, word has come in that the ... 19
Feministing
Looks like Alaska isn't the only state with a history of charging sexual assault victims for rape kits. A local Houston news source featured the story, in which a number of survivors confirm that despite police authorities assuring ... 20
Jezebel
The State of Texas is currently demanding that rape victims pay for their own rape kits—and if they don't, they face ruined credit and debt collectors. An average rape kit can cost up to $1800. Embedded video from CNN Video The S... |
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