Montana to start testing rape kits this month
HELENA — The state will start testing previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits this month.
The Department of Justice has finished inventorying 1,140 kits from around the state that were not previously tested.
In 2015 Attorney General Tim Fox created a Sexual Assault Evidence Task Force to look into the number of unsubmitted evidence kits, understand why they weren't being tested and develop a plan to address the issue.
Since then the state has received a $2 million grant to pay for testing and another $284,500 grant to develop a way to inventory, track and report on kits as they are tested.
Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/montana-to-start-testing-rape-kits-this-month/article_2fcee252-0b77-50ca-ac8a-cc215a8e6015.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
