{"id":1194,"date":"2011-01-29T23:09:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T04:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2016-11-17T08:24:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:24:10","slug":"eliminating-the-rape-kit-backlog-but-at-what-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/eliminating-the-rape-kit-backlog-but-at-what-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliminating the rape kit backlog, but at what price?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year saw unprecedented advocacy for policy change regarding the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sarah-tofte\/2011-the-year-of-national_b_799059.html\"> tens of thousands of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits<\/a> currently held in storage facilities in the US. On October 27, 2010, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ojp.usdoj.gov\/nij\/topics\/forensics\/sexual-assault-kits.htm\">White House responded by announcing a funding initiative<\/a> to help selected jurisdictions eliminate their rape kit backlog.<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/01\/photorapekitopen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1195\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/01\/photorapekitopen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a> While elected officials and victims&#8217; advocates are scrambling for a cut of the grant money, some argue that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/28\/us\/28ttkits.html?src=twrhp\">processing all kits would be a waste<\/a> of time and money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year saw unprecedented advocacy for policy change regarding the tens of thousands of 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