Posted on 10/25/2008 9:25:41 PM PDT by Melissa 24
..."The LAPD has been repeatedly criticized for its huge backlog of untested DNA evidence, but officials have said that they lacked the money to move faster on the cases.
Chick's report, however, found that the logjam existed even though the department had received nearly $4 million in grants in recent years to address the problem.
According to the city audit, there are 217 rape kits that have sat on the shelves in LAPD property rooms that are beyond the 10-year statute in which to prosecute the crimes.
"They are totally useless and that number is growing every day." Chick said." .....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
From msm one would think that this could only occur in wasilla, ak. /s
You have to prioritize you know.
New York is indicting “John Doe” for each rape kit. That way the statute of limitations doesn’t run out.
It costs money to prosecute criminals. There is money to be made in writing revenue tickets.
Cities operate on a budget. Proscution and imprisonment are expenses they don’t want to deal with. Especially when some of the perps are illegally in the country.
In the age of Clinton, it’s just sex, anyway.
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