September 10, 2015
...Vice President Biden (click here) with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, announced that $41 million in federal funds will go toward the administration’s commitment to processing DNA evidence that could put rapists behind bars....
...Victim Natasha Alexenko said her rapist was captured after her rape kit was finally processed, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported.
“He is currently serving time in prison until 2057, he can no longer hurt anyone else,” she said.
The funding will help test approximately 70,000 untested rape kits nationwide, officials said.
“It’s estimated there are hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits sitting in police storage facilities nationwide,” Vance said. “What stands in the way of testing them is money and the will to get the job done.”
It can cost up to $1,000 to test a kit.
...Vice President Biden (click here) with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, announced that $41 million in federal funds will go toward the administration’s commitment to processing DNA evidence that could put rapists behind bars....
...Victim Natasha Alexenko said her rapist was captured after her rape kit was finally processed, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported.
“He is currently serving time in prison until 2057, he can no longer hurt anyone else,” she said.
The funding will help test approximately 70,000 untested rape kits nationwide, officials said.
“It’s estimated there are hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits sitting in police storage facilities nationwide,” Vance said. “What stands in the way of testing them is money and the will to get the job done.”
It can cost up to $1,000 to test a kit.
