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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 01:25 PM Mar 2017

Nevada lawmakers report progress on rape kits

CARSON CITY - The Nevada Attorney General’s Office says progress is being made on a backlog of rape kits from southern Nevada.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that First Assistant Attorney General Wes Duncan says that as of last Friday, 213 kits have had DNA profiles entered into a database, resulting in 58 matches, 11 arrest warrants and eight arrests. A total of 2,456 kits have been sent for analysis from southern Nevada.

There were 6,473 untested kits from southern Nevada and 1,179 from northern Nevada. It is $675 to test each kit

Duncan says he expects to have the southern Nevada backlog completed by the end of 2018.

Read more: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/crime/2017/03/28/nevada-lawmakers-report-progress-rape-kits/99737918/

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Nevada lawmakers report progress on rape kits (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
There is no excuse for a backlog Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #1
We know why, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2
 

Wellstone ruled

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2. We know why,
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 01:56 PM
Mar 2017

and it falls directly on the Nevada Republican Party. Each and every time Legislation was proposed for funding the Cities and Counties to clear up their Rape Kit backlog,they used every POS excuse to kill it off. There again,it is all about the Culture of the State,we are seeing a real positive change,more Women in the Legislature and they are for the most part,LIBERAL Democrats.

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