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CA - Sheriff changes policy in evidence kits

View the article here So I wonder how many innocent people went to jail or prison because they did not examine these rape kits? This is absurd! 02/21/2009 By Brian Charles - The Signal Allows crime lab to identify more sexual assault offenders More than 4,700 untested sexual assault evidence kits - so-called "rape kits" - are due to be tested by Crime Lab technicians following a change of policy by Sheriff Lee Baca. "We plan to get through 800 tests this year," said Sheriff's Department Commander Earl Shields. "In a normal year, we test between 140 and 150 kits." Department officials are crafting a plan to whittle away at the backlog of kits, Shields said. Baca changed department policy after the Los Angeles Police Department became mired in a scandal over its backlog of sexual assault evidence kits, Shields said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).