Lawmakers Demand an End to Crime Lab Backlog

As much as the pub­lic and politi­cians hate to hear it, foren­sic exam­i­na­tions are expen­sive. They throw money at the sys­tem, and expect instant results. The prob­lem is, that in order for a crime lab to increase out­put, they need to train new employ­ees. In the short term, this reduces the amount of

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National Rape Kit News Stories

There has been a flurry of sto­ries about the national back­log of rape kits around the country.

A gov­ern­ment report released Tuesday found that essen­tial DNA evi­dence in rape cases is often never sent to crime labs for test­ing. But what our inves­ti­ga­tion also found is that even when police depart­ments do send rape kits to

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