Ohio tests 10,000 rape kits to clear backlogs, hundreds indicted

News Daily ^ | February 18, 2016 | Kim Palmer

[sparklite2]

CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An effort Ohio launched about five years ago to manage its backlog of rape kits has resulted in more than 10,000 tests to recover physical evidence and led to at least 445 indictments, the state Attorney General’s office said on Thursday.

[DoughtyOne]

[cuban leaf]

I had over 200 WWII model airplane kits. I’ve never bought a rape kit.

[Responsibility2nd]

So. Some poor woman could have been raped 5-10 years ago, yet State SNAFU’s with rape kits kept things backlogged and out of court?

Peachy.

[sparklite2]

Yeah. Sometimes late isn’t much better than never.

[grania]

FWIW, Mike DeWine, the state’s Attorney General, seems to be the only Republican in OH who hasn’t been a disappointment.

[showme_the_Glory]

I had over 200 WWII model airplane kits. I’ve never bought a rape kit.

I think they come without instructions and there is a different glue?

[PLMerite]

"I had over 200 WWII model airplane kits. I've never bought a rape kit."

I understand it's more of a DYI thing.

[B212]

tell me....what is a rape kit?

[sparklite2]

Google is your friend.

[The Iceman Cometh]

what is a rape kit?

It usually comes packaged like this.

[Seaplaner]

LOL!

[baltimorepoet]

I don’t think the Muslim migrants are wanting for rape kits: tote bag, knife, handcuffs, gag.

[zerosix]

Reading this really saddens me, especially when I am reminded that “so goes Ohio, so goes the election!”

[buckalfa]

"So. Some poor woman could have been raped 5-10 years ago, yet State SNAFU's with rape kits kept things backlogged and out of court?"

The other side of the coin is the integrity of the evidence and chain of custody over this time frame. Rapists should be prosecuted, but is the evidence reliable?

[GizzyGirl]

DNA testing has come a long way in the past 10 years... In this case I fall on the side of better late than never! 445 indictments — that’s a lot more sleep for a lot of victims who never had any closure!

[windsorknot]

It usually comes packaged like this.

That rape kit includes a bag of ice.

[Farmer Dean]

I’m concerned about how many women were raped because the state was slow to process the kits.

[bgill]

has helped identify hundreds of alleged assailants, many of whom repeatedly committed violent attacks.

Those hundreds of victims would now be alive or not having to deal with being raped or beaten if the cops had done their job in a timely manner. There is NO excuse for this. The agencies should be made to answer.

[Fundamentally Fair]

I wonder if they bothered to try to clear anyone while they were at it.