Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced in February that a serial sex offender had been convicted after ten years. That conviction was made possible by DNA evidence that was tested in 2018 as part of a state-wide push to end the backlog of sexual assault kits. Last week, State Senators held a public hearing on […]
Rape Kits Languish on Evidence Shelves
Across the country, police departments have stacks and stacks of DNA swabs provided by rape victims in the hope of identifying their attacker — commonly known as rape kits — sitting on shelves, untested by any labs. In 2009, revelations in Cleveland and in Detroit showed how bad the situation had become. After whistleblowers highlighted […]
