How long for justice?

[emeraldkity4]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With possibly hundreds of thousands of rape kits untested across the country, a number of states are proposing legislation to address backlogs that in at least one case dates back nearly three decades.</p>

<p>In Memphis, Tenn., alone, there are more than 12,000 untested rape kits going back to the 1980s, according to the New York-based Rape Kit Action Project, which has been tracking the backlogs nationwide. In the entire state of Texas, there are about 16,000 untested kits collecting dust in police evidence rooms.

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<p>We’ve come a long way, baby. * not*</p>

<p><a href=“http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bills-seek-tackle-backlog-untested-rape-kits”>http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bills-seek-tackle-backlog-untested-rape-kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[BTMell]

<p>Wow - unbelievable.</p>

[Consolation]

<p>It really is mind-boggling that they would not process these rape kits. </p>