Mar 13 2019Save3/13/19This Is What Happens When You Test Old Rape KitsPrachi Gupta22SaveAfter New York City cleared its own rape kit backlog, the Justice Department and Manhattan District Attorney’s…
Jun 6 2016Save6/6/16Analysis of Untested Rape Kits Reveals Serial Rapists Are 'Far More Common' Than We ThoughtJoanna Rothkopf149SaveAn initiative to test almost 5,000 previously untested rape kits in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has resulted in over 250…
Sep 10 2015Save9/10/15Nearly $80 Million Will Be Used to Finally Test Thousands of Rape KitsAnna Merlan55SaveVice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch were in New York Thursday to announce that the White…
May 4 2015Save5/4/15Man Charged in 1995 New York City Rape and Robbery After DNA MatchAnna Merlan77SaveThe Manhattan District Attorney has charged Joseph Giardala, 44, with raping and robbing a woman in New York City’s…
Nov 14 2014Save11/14/14Let's Bleed Wall Street Criminals to Pay for the Rape Kit BacklogAnna Merlan38SaveHow did the rape kit backlog in the United States get so serious? How did we get to a place where there are roughly…
Sep 19 2011Save9/19/11Group Hopes To Determine Number Of Untested Rape KitsMargaret Hartmann28SaveHow bad is the problem of rape kits going untested? We don't even know how many are lying around on police…
Aug 12 2010Save8/12/10The Shocking Numbers On Untested Rape KitsIrin Carmon101SaveAs a teenager, Helena Lazaro was raped; it was over a decade before the authorities properly investigated her case.…