A new bill making its way to the US Senate could provide more funding to states like Washington to finally clear out backlogged rape kits that have taken years to process and review. FOX13
Ending the backlog: How Washington state is working through thousands of untested sexual assault kits
The problems first surfaced publicly in 2014 when a non-profit founded by Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay began sending public disclosure requests to police agencies across the country. "You are looking at roughly somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 that are in the process somewhere, but all of them are in the process," said Loftis. by opening a lab in Vancouver a few years ago. New technology has also helped to cut down the turnaround time for new tests coming in.
US Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington has also recently helped to introduce legislation reauthorizing the Debbie Smith Act through 2029. It would provide state and local law enforcement agencies with more resources to continue to reduce the backlogs in analyzing DNA evidence from untested rape kits. It was originally signed in 2004, and was reauthorized in 2008 and 2014. that were collected after July 2015 that still needed testing.
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