When a woman or man is sexually assaulted, the first thing the hospital does after treating any possible injuries is use a rape kit to determine if the victim was raped or not. The article presented by USA Today shows that the rape kits are rarely being sent in for testing for another person’s DNA besides the victim. It goes to the extent that some departments were only sending 2 out of every 10 rape kits in for testing. The fact that even though people know that rape kits will help tremendously in catching a rapist and the agencies still aren’t sending 100% of them in is ridiculous. In Detroit the report stated that they tested around 10,000 of the untested rape kits and it came back with evidence to convict nearly 2,500 people, and more of 400 of them were suspected serial rapists. If in just the city of Detroit can get evidence to convict 2,500 people just imagine how many rapists that have been getting away with their crimes would get indicted if all agencies nation-wide sent in all of their untested rape kits to be evaluated. DNA testing is a big thing in this day and age because once you commit a crime and your DNA is put on file, all that has to be done is another test and they can send people to prison straight away because the DNA is concrete evidence to link someone to a crime. Also, when it comes to rape, most rapists are life time criminals and reoffenders so the odds of their DNA not being in the system is highly unlikely. With the help of spreading awareness and ensuring all rape kits are tested for DNA, more and more rapists will be off the streets and will make it safer for everyone. RM002
I agree RM002, this issue should be taken more seriously, defending the victims of such an awful crime. As we know, about half of crime committed gets reported, so when rape does in fact get reported, we need to take full advantage of that and get the rape kits tested, giving the best chance of convicting the offenders. There is no excuse for not getting these rape kits tested. We need to defend the victims of this crime and do them justice. gh_blackhawks002
Rape is a crime and needs to be addressed like one. These untested rape kits being set aside is absurd. Yes, testing rape kits costs money, but it is necessary. According to the Uniform Crime Report, 47% of all forcible-rape cases have sufficient evidence to make an arrest. According to the article, some agencies test as little as 2 in 10 rape kits because of inconsistent policies and national guidance. It is hard for me to wrap my mind around that agencies do not feel the need to test a rape kit because it is not policy. I believe rape should be treated more seriously. Our book mentions reasons why women are afraid to report rape; agencies not bothering to test rape kits and not doing anything about the crime sadly adds reason for these women. I am glad Florida passed a bill that rape kits have to be submitted to the lab for testing within 30 days. Every state needs statutes when it comes to testing rape kits; every state has laws when it comes to burglary and rape should be no different. The media exposing the number of rape kits going untested helps bring awareness to the problem of lack of testing and policy. Since practically everyone believes rape kits need policy when it comes to duration of time for them to be tested, it is surprising there are not policies for this. Scuba002
I definitely agree Scuba. Rape is a type of crime everyone wants to look the other way when discussing. It's a touchy thing to talk about and nobody wants to talk to another person let alone a jury about being sexually assaulted. But with that being said, there should be no excuse on why 100% of the rape kits don't get sent in for testing because that test is what keeps the rapists and repeat offenders off the streets. RM002
Rape is a horrible violent crime that needs pursuing. Also, no amount of money is worth the amount of harm a person may experience from offenders so money should never be the case for not pursuing as this person could harm many more people. Like you said every state needs to pass laws regarding pursuing rapes as this harms communities, individuals, and the nation as a whole. Eagle002
I am genuinely confused why rape kits wouldn’t be sent in for testing. I’m not sure what the reasoning behind this inaction would be, but I personally think it is unacceptable. The permanent psychological, emotional, and potentially physical marks left on a victim of sexual assault is unfortunately immense, and the fact that this does not seem to be taken seriously is pretty sad. Some agencies test as few as 2 out of 10 rape kits. They claim that this is due to the lack of agency policy as well as the absent governmental guidance, which is no good excuse in my opinion. It is bad enough that only about half of rape cases are reported, and now when they are getting reported, nothing gets done with that? Since 2011, the Attorney General of Ohio began the processing of previously untested rape kits, and out of about 10,000 kits, they got about 3,000 matches, which resulted in nearly 450 indictments of rapists. If every rape kit was tested, we would see an even greater number of rapists go down for the awful crime that they commit against the men, women, and children of society, putting them in prison where they deserve to rot honestly. Unfortunately, we will not see every victim of rape step forward and report the experience that they had to go through, but we can absolutely take advantage of the victims that do report it, and then do everything in our power to take down the offender. gh_blackhawks002
I agree with you on why rape kits wouldn't be sent in for testing. I feel like with that their attitude towards rape isn't really that serious and it is sad because it should be. This is why many women don't want to come forth and say something. This comes back on the criminal justice system needing to do a better job at what they do. CRC002
I agree with you because it is so pointless for this not to be used. It would make thing so much easier if it was used. I think this bad because if the tools that are there to help are not getting used it would make someone not want to tell anyone. WS002
They tried to use the excuse that their agencies didn't have the funding or the manpower. Well now the government is providing millions of dollars in funding and I'm sure they can find some extra tim to test these kits. They are out of excuses. These tests need to be done to relieve the victims, put offenders away, and to get the DNA in the database so that we are able to pair crimes together to one offender, thus getting them off of the streets faster. Hootie002
Agencies test two in ten rape kits because of policies and national guidelines not being consistent. Rape needs to be more addressed more serious than it has been. I feel that most women who get raped don’t want to say anything and it’s because most cases don’t get dealt with the right way. It even says in the article that mostly why women don’t want to say anything and I agree with that because even if the offender gets arrested they usually are not locked up for as long as they should be. It just starts with one group to make a movement in this and that’s exactly what Florida is doing by passing a bill that rape kits have to be submitted to the lab for testing. This testing has to be within the thirty days and this is exactly what every state needs to start doing as well. Just think if every state started to do this so many rapists would be off the street because rapist are more than like reoffenders. Rapist need to be sentenced for way longer than what they get sometimes because as I stated before there just going to come out and do the same thing again. With DNA these days once there in the system you can send people right away to prison because it is clear evidence. CRC002
I agree with you that rapists need to be sentenced for way longer than what they get. Some of these rapists get the equivalent punishment to a slap on the wrist. The media often talks about America’s “rape culture.” Our laws need to be stricter to show that we do not tolerate rape. As of right now, our laws do not reflect the seriousness that rape brings. The emotional impact rape has on the victim is usually more traumatic than burglary, but yet the sentencing is almost the same. Once this movement that Florida created starts to spread, rapists will get treated more swiftly and severely. Scuba002
This article, also highlights across the nation there are 70,000 tests that are untested that along is enough to obtain certain links in some cases that could tie many offenders to the victims in which they have effected. This unused sample of DNA sitting around a box or desk also has caused innocent people to face jail or prison time as they were deemed the offender of the said crime. This article also pointed out that some agencies that were investigated had hundreds of thousands of rape kits that went untested. The reason these departments had left much of these untested wasn’t due to the departments laziness but said to be the cause of inconsistent state of local guidelines and lack of national guidance on how to contact a rape kit test. A state legislature from Florida released in their state that there’s no clear statues on how evidence from rape kits would be handled. This also makes the case of sexual crimes impossible for law enforcement officials to pursue as their no guidelines for certain types of evidence it could be thrown out of court making a dismissal of certain cases as double jeopardy applies to US citizens and then the person knows to do this horrible act could just reoffend. Also what is mentioned in regarding this article is that by collecting data from these untested DNA rape kits this can help to put this information into a national or local database where the data is collected and stored to catch these offenders from committing these same crimes or for solving cold cases that already exists in our society catching these horrible individuals before their able to do further harm to the communities in which they around. This also can help to limit the time of current ongoing cases being investigated as these cases could be solved linking this DNA from this rape test kit which could match a person to a said crime instead of these kits collecting dust in some departments wasting time effort and mental energy of the ones involved in the case and the ones looking into the given investigation of the case at hand. Eagle002
Rape kit is a kit that that shows us how the kit is handled by the legislature. The rape kit is just like DNA project. It gives us the real accurate DNA for a suspect who was responsible for a rape. It also gives us the evidence to see who the person was raped. It tells the police when and where the rape took place. I don't think it is right for some states to not use the rape kit, Why wouldn't use it? In July 70,000 rape kits went untested. That just means that someone got raped boy or girl got no justice for their rape. They have to live that forever. The rape kit also make sure that someone is not wrongfully charged for rape if they did not do it. It goes back to the serving pointless time. If states actually use the rape kits all the time no one would be serving time for nothing. WS002
The fact that the problem of police stations and labs not submitting rape kits is just now being addressed is a little worrying. The article said that two out of ten kits are tested in most agencies due to lack of funding. But how do they choose which two? Who gets to decide which rape victim is more important than another? Dr. White has mentioned before that are numbers of rape victims are actually quite a bit lower than reality, because people don't want to come forward to the police. Can we blame them? They're competing against nine other girls essentially to see whose rape kit will actually be tested. I think that the new law some states are instituting where an agency has thirty days to test the rape kit is a good idea. Theres no reason for thousands of rape kits to be sitting in the back collecting dust. The government is now giving agencies more money specifically for this purpose. Therefore agencies should be running out of excuses. Agencies should want to make this a top priority. By testing the rape kits these DNA samples are being logged into a huge database that will allow agencies to link crimes and possibly identify multiple perpetrators and serial rapists. The article mentioned that a backlog of 10,000 rape kits had yielded results of about 400 serial rapists. Hootie002
Rape is a serious crime, but it’s not always treated that way. When you first go to a hospital and explain you were raped, they give you a rape kit. They’re not cheap, but they’re needed. It explains how most of the rape kits don’t even get sent in for testing. It takes a lot of nerve to admit to being raped, but yet only half of the cases reported, nothing gets done. 2 in 10 rape kits are tested. DNA is a huge thing because getting DNA evidence can send someone to prison for the rest of their lives. Different states have different ways of handling rape kits. For example, Illinois has a law saying the victim has 14 days to have the kit tested until it’s destroyed. But Florida has a bill saying the rape kits have to be submitted to a lab within a month to be tested. Hopefully there will be a law countrywide at some point, where they all have to submit rape kits by a certain time to help others suffering. stlblues001,002
It's a huge deal to even just get the test done and then if I were to ever find out they didn't even just test the DNA I would be devastated. Why go to the police for help when they treat you like a number log your evidence and never look back. DNA like you said literally saves peoples lives it not only proves who did do the crime but can prove if someone did not do the crime. If police agencies work as closely with Labs for murder cases and DNA at crime scenes then they should form a better relationship when it comes to testing rape kits also, it's all important. Marras002
The 70K untested rape kits means that that there are 70K women for whom there is no justice, no peace of mind, constant fear and shame and the burden of knowing that even though she did the right thing, the system has failed her in a most disgusting fashion. Well the one thing about rape kits, is that they can also point to a promiscious female. I am sure many women do not want to be tested especially if they are in a relationship and find several men's semen inside of them. The fact that even though people know that rape kits will help tremendously in catching a rapist and the agencies still aren’t sending 100% of them in is ridiculous. This also makes the case of sexual crimes impossible for law enforcement officials to pursue as their no guidelines.-NIKE002
It's unsettling how many rape kits have gone untested simply because some agencies claim they don't have the guidance. Part of their job description as law enforcement in my opinion is to help the public to the best of their abilities by asking questions, and pushing boundaries. Many keep rape kits logged in evidence for several years going untested. We talked in class how some officers logged in their field notes and the problem with this is they can get lost when you need it. Same goes for these rape kits only because they never test it, criminals are going free. This article states that even if a rape kit isn't used in the court case the DNA being entered into the system will help catch the criminal or link the DNA to other cases which is most important. DNA is so specific that any rape kit done should be tested even if there is only a small chance of linking the real offender to this case or who knows how many other cases not only in that state but in the country. Labs should also push for better handling of the rape kits instead of sitting in evidence and like those institutions listed only sending in 2/10 in for testing. I think the legislature becoming more relevant to this problem is going to be a big success for criminal justice practices in these states and jurisdictions. Marras002
Rape is one crime that i do not take lightly and anyone who commits this crime should be behind bars for many years. When someone is raped, believes they were raped, or shows signs they have been raped, the first thing they need to get done is a rape kit. Hospitals do the rape kits on people who are suspected to have been raped and agencies then decide if they want to move forward in the case to get it tested or not. I think that every rape kit that is given should go into testing to see if there is a DNA match or to find out more information on who may have committed the crime. The fact that only 2 out of 10 rape kits are being sent in for testing is irritating. This makes me think that the criminal justice system does not want to solve many cases. There are many times that a serial rapest comes around and they should test every rape kit that goes through to help catch a suspect. If more rape kits are tested, then there is a more likely outcome that the rapist will be put behind bars so more people are not victimized. bball002
When a woman or man is sexually assaulted, the first thing the hospital does after treating any possible injuries is use a rape kit to determine if the victim was raped or not. The article presented by USA Today shows that the rape kits are rarely being sent in for testing for another person’s DNA besides the victim. It goes to the extent that some departments were only sending 2 out of every 10 rape kits in for testing. The fact that even though people know that rape kits will help tremendously in catching a rapist and the agencies still aren’t sending 100% of them in is ridiculous. In Detroit the report stated that they tested around 10,000 of the untested rape kits and it came back with evidence to convict nearly 2,500 people, and more of 400 of them were suspected serial rapists. If in just the city of Detroit can get evidence to convict 2,500 people just imagine how many rapists that have been getting away with their crimes would get indicted if all agencies nation-wide sent in all of their untested rape kits to be evaluated. DNA testing is a big thing in this day and age because once you commit a crime and your DNA is put on file, all that has to be done is another test and they can send people to prison straight away because the DNA is concrete evidence to link someone to a crime. Also, when it comes to rape, most rapists are life time criminals and reoffenders so the odds of their DNA not being in the system is highly unlikely. With the help of spreading awareness and ensuring all rape kits are tested for DNA, more and more rapists will be off the streets and will make it safer for everyone. RM002
ReplyDeleteI agree RM002, this issue should be taken more seriously, defending the victims of such an awful crime. As we know, about half of crime committed gets reported, so when rape does in fact get reported, we need to take full advantage of that and get the rape kits tested, giving the best chance of convicting the offenders. There is no excuse for not getting these rape kits tested. We need to defend the victims of this crime and do them justice.
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Rape is a crime and needs to be addressed like one. These untested rape kits being set aside is absurd. Yes, testing rape kits costs money, but it is necessary. According to the Uniform Crime Report, 47% of all forcible-rape cases have sufficient evidence to make an arrest. According to the article, some agencies test as little as 2 in 10 rape kits because of inconsistent policies and national guidance. It is hard for me to wrap my mind around that agencies do not feel the need to test a rape kit because it is not policy. I believe rape should be treated more seriously. Our book mentions reasons why women are afraid to report rape; agencies not bothering to test rape kits and not doing anything about the crime sadly adds reason for these women. I am glad Florida passed a bill that rape kits have to be submitted to the lab for testing within 30 days. Every state needs statutes when it comes to testing rape kits; every state has laws when it comes to burglary and rape should be no different. The media exposing the number of rape kits going untested helps bring awareness to the problem of lack of testing and policy. Since practically everyone believes rape kits need policy when it comes to duration of time for them to be tested, it is surprising there are not policies for this. Scuba002
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree Scuba. Rape is a type of crime everyone wants to look the other way when discussing. It's a touchy thing to talk about and nobody wants to talk to another person let alone a jury about being sexually assaulted. But with that being said, there should be no excuse on why 100% of the rape kits don't get sent in for testing because that test is what keeps the rapists and repeat offenders off the streets. RM002
DeleteRape is a horrible violent crime that needs pursuing. Also, no amount of money is worth the amount of harm a person may experience from offenders so money should never be the case for not pursuing as this person could harm many more people. Like you said every state needs to pass laws regarding pursuing rapes as this harms communities, individuals, and the nation as a whole. Eagle002
DeleteI am genuinely confused why rape kits wouldn’t be sent in for testing. I’m not sure what the reasoning behind this inaction would be, but I personally think it is unacceptable. The permanent psychological, emotional, and potentially physical marks left on a victim of sexual assault is unfortunately immense, and the fact that this does not seem to be taken seriously is pretty sad. Some agencies test as few as 2 out of 10 rape kits. They claim that this is due to the lack of agency policy as well as the absent governmental guidance, which is no good excuse in my opinion. It is bad enough that only about half of rape cases are reported, and now when they are getting reported, nothing gets done with that? Since 2011, the Attorney General of Ohio began the processing of previously untested rape kits, and out of about 10,000 kits, they got about 3,000 matches, which resulted in nearly 450 indictments of rapists. If every rape kit was tested, we would see an even greater number of rapists go down for the awful crime that they commit against the men, women, and children of society, putting them in prison where they deserve to rot honestly. Unfortunately, we will not see every victim of rape step forward and report the experience that they had to go through, but we can absolutely take advantage of the victims that do report it, and then do everything in our power to take down the offender.
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I agree with you on why rape kits wouldn't be sent in for testing. I feel like with that their attitude towards rape isn't really that serious and it is sad because it should be. This is why many women don't want to come forth and say something. This comes back on the criminal justice system needing to do a better job at what they do. CRC002
DeleteI agree with you because it is so pointless for this not to be used. It would make thing so much easier if it was used. I think this bad because if the tools that are there to help are not getting used it would make someone not want to tell anyone. WS002
DeleteThey tried to use the excuse that their agencies didn't have the funding or the manpower. Well now the government is providing millions of dollars in funding and I'm sure they can find some extra tim to test these kits. They are out of excuses. These tests need to be done to relieve the victims, put offenders away, and to get the DNA in the database so that we are able to pair crimes together to one offender, thus getting them off of the streets faster.
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Agencies test two in ten rape kits because of policies and national guidelines not being consistent. Rape needs to be more addressed more serious than it has been. I feel that most women who get raped don’t want to say anything and it’s because most cases don’t get dealt with the right way. It even says in the article that mostly why women don’t want to say anything and I agree with that because even if the offender gets arrested they usually are not locked up for as long as they should be. It just starts with one group to make a movement in this and that’s exactly what Florida is doing by passing a bill that rape kits have to be submitted to the lab for testing. This testing has to be within the thirty days and this is exactly what every state needs to start doing as well. Just think if every state started to do this so many rapists would be off the street because rapist are more than like reoffenders. Rapist need to be sentenced for way longer than what they get sometimes because as I stated before there just going to come out and do the same thing again. With DNA these days once there in the system you can send people right away to prison because it is clear evidence. CRC002
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that rapists need to be sentenced for way longer than what they get. Some of these rapists get the equivalent punishment to a slap on the wrist. The media often talks about America’s “rape culture.” Our laws need to be stricter to show that we do not tolerate rape. As of right now, our laws do not reflect the seriousness that rape brings. The emotional impact rape has on the victim is usually more traumatic than burglary, but yet the sentencing is almost the same. Once this movement that Florida created starts to spread, rapists will get treated more swiftly and severely. Scuba002
DeleteThis article, also highlights across the nation there are 70,000 tests that are untested that along is enough to obtain certain links in some cases that could tie many offenders to the victims in which they have effected. This unused sample of DNA sitting around a box or desk also has caused innocent people to face jail or prison time as they were deemed the offender of the said crime. This article also pointed out that some agencies that were investigated had hundreds of thousands of rape kits that went untested. The reason these departments had left much of these untested wasn’t due to the departments laziness but said to be the cause of inconsistent state of local guidelines and lack of national guidance on how to contact a rape kit test. A state legislature from Florida released in their state that there’s no clear statues on how evidence from rape kits would be handled. This also makes the case of sexual crimes impossible for law enforcement officials to pursue as their no guidelines for certain types of evidence it could be thrown out of court making a dismissal of certain cases as double jeopardy applies to US citizens and then the person knows to do this horrible act could just reoffend. Also what is mentioned in regarding this article is that by collecting data from these untested DNA rape kits this can help to put this information into a national or local database where the data is collected and stored to catch these offenders from committing these same crimes or for solving cold cases that already exists in our society catching these horrible individuals before their able to do further harm to the communities in which they around. This also can help to limit the time of current ongoing cases being investigated as these cases could be solved linking this DNA from this rape test kit which could match a person to a said crime instead of these kits collecting dust in some departments wasting time effort and mental energy of the ones involved in the case and the ones looking into the given investigation of the case at hand. Eagle002
ReplyDeleteRape kit is a kit that that shows us how the kit is handled by the legislature. The rape kit is just like DNA project. It gives us the real accurate DNA for a suspect who was responsible for a rape. It also gives us the evidence to see who the person was raped. It tells the police when and where the rape took place. I don't think it is right for some states to not use the rape kit, Why wouldn't use it? In July 70,000 rape kits went untested. That just means that someone got raped boy or girl got no justice for their rape. They have to live that forever. The rape kit also make sure that someone is not wrongfully charged for rape if they did not do it. It goes back to the serving pointless time. If states actually use the rape kits all the time no one would be serving time for nothing. WS002
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the problem of police stations and labs not submitting rape kits is just now being addressed is a little worrying. The article said that two out of ten kits are tested in most agencies due to lack of funding. But how do they choose which two? Who gets to decide which rape victim is more important than another? Dr. White has mentioned before that are numbers of rape victims are actually quite a bit lower than reality, because people don't want to come forward to the police. Can we blame them? They're competing against nine other girls essentially to see whose rape kit will actually be tested. I think that the new law some states are instituting where an agency has thirty days to test the rape kit is a good idea. Theres no reason for thousands of rape kits to be sitting in the back collecting dust. The government is now giving agencies more money specifically for this purpose. Therefore agencies should be running out of excuses. Agencies should want to make this a top priority. By testing the rape kits these DNA samples are being logged into a huge database that will allow agencies to link crimes and possibly identify multiple perpetrators and serial rapists. The article mentioned that a backlog of 10,000 rape kits had yielded results of about 400 serial rapists.
ReplyDeleteHootie002
Rape is a serious crime, but it’s not always treated that way. When you first go to a hospital and explain you were raped, they give you a rape kit. They’re not cheap, but they’re needed. It explains how most of the rape kits don’t even get sent in for testing. It takes a lot of nerve to admit to being raped, but yet only half of the cases reported, nothing gets done. 2 in 10 rape kits are tested.
ReplyDeleteDNA is a huge thing because getting DNA evidence can send someone to prison for the rest of their lives. Different states have different ways of handling rape kits. For example, Illinois has a law saying the victim has 14 days to have the kit tested until it’s destroyed. But Florida has a bill saying the rape kits have to be submitted to a lab within a month to be tested. Hopefully there will be a law countrywide at some point, where they all have to submit rape kits by a certain time to help others suffering. stlblues001,002
It's a huge deal to even just get the test done and then if I were to ever find out they didn't even just test the DNA I would be devastated. Why go to the police for help when they treat you like a number log your evidence and never look back. DNA like you said literally saves peoples lives it not only proves who did do the crime but can prove if someone did not do the crime. If police agencies work as closely with Labs for murder cases and DNA at crime scenes then they should form a better relationship when it comes to testing rape kits also, it's all important. Marras002
DeleteThe 70K untested rape kits means that that there are 70K women for whom there is no justice, no peace of mind, constant fear and shame and the burden of knowing that even though she did the right thing, the system has failed her in a most disgusting fashion. Well the one thing about rape kits, is that they can also point to a promiscious female. I am sure many women do not want to be tested especially if they are in a relationship and find several men's semen inside of them. The fact that even though people know that rape kits will help tremendously in catching a rapist and the agencies still aren’t sending 100% of them in is ridiculous. This also makes the case of sexual crimes impossible for law enforcement officials to pursue as their no guidelines.-NIKE002
ReplyDeleteIt's unsettling how many rape kits have gone untested simply because some agencies claim they don't have the guidance. Part of their job description as law enforcement in my opinion is to help the public to the best of their abilities by asking questions, and pushing boundaries. Many keep rape kits logged in evidence for several years going untested. We talked in class how some officers logged in their field notes and the problem with this is they can get lost when you need it. Same goes for these rape kits only because they never test it, criminals are going free. This article states that even if a rape kit isn't used in the court case the DNA being entered into the system will help catch the criminal or link the DNA to other cases which is most important. DNA is so specific that any rape kit done should be tested even if there is only a small chance of linking the real offender to this case or who knows how many other cases not only in that state but in the country. Labs should also push for better handling of the rape kits instead of sitting in evidence and like those institutions listed only sending in 2/10 in for testing. I think the legislature becoming more relevant to this problem is going to be a big success for criminal justice practices in these states and jurisdictions. Marras002
ReplyDeleteRape is one crime that i do not take lightly and anyone who commits this crime should be behind bars for many years. When someone is raped, believes they were raped, or shows signs they have been raped, the first thing they need to get done is a rape kit. Hospitals do the rape kits on people who are suspected to have been raped and agencies then decide if they want to move forward in the case to get it tested or not. I think that every rape kit that is given should go into testing to see if there is a DNA match or to find out more information on who may have committed the crime. The fact that only 2 out of 10 rape kits are being sent in for testing is irritating. This makes me think that the criminal justice system does not want to solve many cases. There are many times that a serial rapest comes around and they should test every rape kit that goes through to help catch a suspect. If more rape kits are tested, then there is a more likely outcome that the rapist will be put behind bars so more people are not victimized. bball002
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