rape kits

In September, the average turnaround time was about 90 days. Now, it’s 41 days.

Supporters of the bill say these kits provide false hope for survivors because they’re not admissible in court. But critics say they provide more options.

The state of Utah announced it cleared its rape kit backlog Thursday morning, after the lab switched to a new system of processing the kits.

After Utah lawmakers approved a bill in 2017 that gave more money to the state’s crime lab to process sexual assault kits, the head of that lab estimated…

Officials from the Salt Lake City Police Department announced today that they had cleared a 10-year backlog of sexual assault evidence known as “rape…

Today, Utah becomes the second state in the Mountain West to implement a system that lets victims check the status of their rape kits online. Rape kits…

For a victim of sexual assault, waiting for an update on his or her case can be a painful process on its own. But a new hotline in Utah, might help put…

A bill that would require all sexual assault kits in the state be tested passed unanimously Friday in the Utah House of Representatives. Democratic State…

A Utah lawmaker is drafting a bill that would mandate the testing of all rape kits collected from victims of sexual assault, including a backlog at the…

A Brigham Young University researcher says she has found significant bias in how Utah law enforcement decide to submit rape kits for testing.Dr. Julie…

The Salt Lake City Council met with law enforcement officials yesterday to continue discussing the possibility of mandatory testing of all rape kits in…

The Salt Lake City council is prepared to pass an ordinance requiring the Police Department send every sexual assault evidence kit in its custody to a lab…