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Rape victims are often subjected to comprehensive physical examinations, which yield forensic and DNA evidence that can help police to identify rapists themselves. The problem, however, is that these "rape kits" - repositories of critical evidence - often go unexamined. In fact, tens of thousands of kits in the United States, reports Human Rights Watch, have been sitting in storage for years.
In fact, Human Rights Watch conducted a study revealing that when New York tested its entire stockpile of rape kits in the 1990s, the percentage of reported rape cases leading to arrest jumped dramatically: from 30% to 70%.
Contributed by Arielle Eirienne, Power.of.Purpose! Communications
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Clearing out the backlog is, of course, an important step in rectifying the problem, yet preventing a backlog from developing is likewise crucial. Establishing a national timeline (or state timelines...
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It doesn't seem to be that complicated, when we have kits that contain DNA and we have the means to test them, to simply sit down and start doing the testing. As Human Rights Watch points out, howeve...
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Human Rights Watch has recommended that Los Angeles create a Rape Kit Backlog Oversight Board. Such an institution would create a standing committee of parties interested in the processing of rape ki...
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Human Rights Watch recommends that law enforcement departments notify victims of the status of their kits in terms of testing. Such a recommendation primarily addresses victims' right to know, but on...
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Human Rights Watch reports that many local law enforcement departments do not have the capacity to test kits in a timely fashion. Rectification of this matter requires either that capacity be increas...
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