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The cost of the DNA backlog

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12/3/09

  • San Diego police don't test all rape kits

    The local CBS affiliate says San Diego has 2,000 untested rape kits -- and that they don't plan to ever get around to testing them. "'The San Diego Police Department has a remarkably good sex crimes unit, so if there’s any chance that testing a kit could lead to a successful prosecution then we test it,' said Michael Grubb, San Diego PD Crime Lab Manager. According to Grubb, the department has 2,065 rape kits in storage that were never sent to the crime lab."  

    Posted by Justin McLachlan on 12/03/09
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