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The Frustrated Promise of the Rape Kit
Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...
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Rape kits are back in the news with the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Here's what to know.
With the state Supreme Court race in high gear, Wisconsinites are seeing ads about an issue that made news in the 2010s: rape ...
Marty Goddard changed how we think about sexual assault. A new history looks at why you have never heard of her
The first rape kits were given to hospitals in 1978. Chicago was the testing ground. According to a Tribune article from the ...
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DNA analyst, police, retired medical professionals testify in decades-old Columbia rape, assault case
Five witnesses have testified in day two of the State v. James F. Wilson jury trial. The victim who was 17 at the time of her 1984 attack testified Tuesday in her alleged assailant's trial.
Pennsylvania awarded $2.5 million to establish statewide sexual assault kit tracking system
Automated sexual assault kit tracking systems allow survivors to know where their sexual assault kit is throughout the ...
Rape kits resurface as campaign issue in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Now the issue has come up in the race for the state's highest court, which has no say over how Wisconsin manages DNA testing.
'Clean, easy, consistent': Pa. awarded grant to establish new sexual assault kit tracking system
The grant will be used to design and launch the state's new automated statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.
Like with Trump, sexual assault claims won't matter in WI Supreme Court race | Opinion
Both Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates will likely stop sparring about untested rape kits. Voters don't care about sexual ...
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Pennsylvania awarded $2.5 million to establish statewide sexual assault kit tracking system
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A $2.5 million federal award was awarded to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) to improve the Commonwealth's ability to support survivors of sexual ...