Federal officials who pledged millions of dollars to test backlogged rape kits promised sexual predators would be brought to justice – and wrongfully convicted prisoners would be exonerated. But nine ...

Wisconsin has received $9.5 million in federal grants since 2015 to test and clear a backlog of rape kits and improve notifications and services for survivors. A primary goal of the program, known as ...

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Despite a federal program designed to clear backlogs of DNA evidence from rape cases, state and local officials around the country chose – again – not to test about 20% of kits and secured few ...

HELENA, Mont. — A convicted sex offender is the first man charged with rape under a Montana Department of Justice initiative to analyze about 1,200 previously untested sexual assault evidence kits ...

If you’re a victim of sexual assault, law enforcement’s commitment to investigating your case could depend largely on where you live. A Kane In Your Corner investigation finds that unlike New York and ...

THE DETAILS ON THE TRACK KITS FROM ANNAPOLIS AS. THIS PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN PLACE IN SEVERAL OTHER STATES. NOW, MARYLAND OFFICIALS SAY IT’S OUR TURN FOR GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.

In 2010, Illinois became the first state to pass a rape kit tracking and testing bill, which called for an inventory of the state's untested kits. Texas and Colorado followed suit. This year there are ...

People applying for or renewing their Texas driver's license understand the routine of filling out the application's typical fields – name, date of birth, sex, height, weight, race and ethnicity, ...