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Stalling seen on bill to solve rape cases
Washington Times ^
| Thursday, May 29, 2003
| James G. Lakely
Posted on 05/28/2003 11:37:55 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:03:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Momentum for a bill that would help solve thousands of cold rape cases has stalled in the House.
The delays have frustrated supporters of the Debbie Smith Act, which would earmark $90 million over the next five years to use new DNA technology to catch rapists. The bill has languished in the House Judiciary Committee, controlled by Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dna; jamesglakely; rape
To: JohnHuang2
Traditionally murder and rape are the highest law-enforcement priorities in solving crimes. I wonder what is going wrong?
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05/29/2003 1:37:42 AM PDT
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To: Kurdistani
SWAT, DARE, "community outreach," revenue traffic stops... it all adds up. No time left for rape cases.
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05/29/2003 7:10:49 AM PDT
by
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To: JohnHuang2
It would be interesting to hear what concerns Sensenbrenner has about the bill. I have to wonder how this reporter managed to investigate and write this article without finding out something about the concerns.
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