SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Santa Clara County officials announced the end to a backlog of rape test kits in the county along with an expedited forensic testing process in sexual assault cases leading to ...

NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT SIX FOR FIVE YEARS AGO, OMAHA’S POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD THOUSANDS OF UNTESTED RAPE KITS. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AND OFFICERS SAY THEY NO LONGER HAVE A BACKLOG. THANKS FOR JOINING US.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kentucky State Police Laboratory has a debilitating evidence testing backlog that leaves a negative trickle down affect in the ...

The lab, which handles evidence for criminal cases, is currently processing more than 15,700 cases.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is continuing efforts to reduce a crime lab backlog that prosecutors said is ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - North Carolina’s backlog for testing of rape kits is over, according to Attorney General Josh Stein. In 2019, there were more than 16,000 rape kits that had not been tested in ...

Behind every untested sexual assault kit is a rape victim waiting for justice. That’s something that should be top of mind for the Boston City Council in light of City Councilor Ed Flynn’s call for a ...