Untested Rape Kits

Finding Justice For Victims In Detroit's Rape Kit Backlog

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 03.19.2012

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DETROIT -- For nearly two decades, Carol Bart's untested rape kit collected dust in a police evidence room. Her attacker, who kidnapped her from outsi...

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Do You Live in a Rapist-Friendly State? (Yes, There Is Such a Thing.)

Keli Goff | Posted 04.28.2012

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Keli Goff

In interviews with representatives from organizations dedicated to aiding survivors of sexual assault and improving the criminal justice system's prosecution of sex crimes, I learned that as the current system stands the release of proven rapists is virtually inevitable.

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Corrections Officer Charged In 1997 Rape Of 10-Year-Old Girl

Posted 11.22.2011

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A Cook County sheriff's correctional officer has been charged with sexual assault of his 10-year-old step daughter based on DNA results from a rape ki...

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The Best Tool to Catch Rapists

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.09.2011

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Diane Dimond

There are nearly 200,000 DNA rape kits sitting -- ignored and forgotten -- in law enforcement storage areas across this country. Can you think of any other crime where police have definitive evidence and fail to process it?

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Chicago Police Stonewall on Rape Investigations

Sarah Tofte | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Tofte

Every year in the U.S, over 200,000 people report they have been raped. Many submit to an invasive DNA collection, so they can convict their attacker. But thousands of these DNA samples go untested.

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