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Man found responsible for 1997 rape in Medina County
— Avery Williams, Cleveland 19, Nov 24, 2021
On Nov. 18, nearly 25 years after the alleged crime, Medina County Judge Joyce Kimbler found Legg responsible for two counts of felony rape thanks to the sex assault kit testing initiative.
Iowa releases findings in sexual assault kit tracking initiative
— KCCI Des Moines, Nov 20, 2021
The Iowa SAKI project tested more than 1,600 sexual assault kits, which resulted in four criminal charges and two convictions.
“We applaud this six-year effort to improve how sexual assault kits are handled,” Attorney General Tom Miller said. “Not only has the SAKI program been able to reduce the number of untested sexual assault kits, it has also created meaningful and lasting changes to the processes by which state and local practitioners respond to and investigate sexual assault cases.”
Marietta man, 55, arrested in sexual assault cold case from 1990
— Caroline Silva, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov 19, 2021
For more than 30 years, all the leads in a Cobb County sexual assault case never led to an arrest, authorities said. But thanks to the testing of a previously untested sexual assault kit, a Marietta man has finally been put behind bars.
Milwaukee man charged with sex assault after backlogged kit tested
— Fox 6 News, Nov 18, 2021
A Milwaukee man has been charged with sexual assault that occurred in 2008 after a victim’s sexual assault kit was tested as part of the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), Attorney General Josh Kaul announced on Thursday, Nov. 18.
WCASA and Joyful Heart Foundation Applaud Passage of Sexual Assault Kit Reform Bills
— Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Nov 11, 2021
Wisconsin representatives have passed SB71 and SB94—two bills that together will vastly increase transparency around sexual assault kit handling and storage. SB71 and SB94, would now mandate delivery of rape kits to the appropriate testing labs and establish a statewide rape kit tracking system, respectively.
Former Duluth man charged in 2003 sexual assault of teen
— Tom Olsen, Duluth News Tribune, Nov 8, 2021
Man was charged by summons last week with first-degree criminal sexual conduct in the April 2003 incident in the Chester Park area. The case came as a result of the Duluth Police Department's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
Repeat sex offender sentenced in 2003 rape at drive-in, DA says
— Fox 13 Memphis Staff , Fox 13 Memphis, Oct 29, 2021
DNA evidence from previously untested SAK led to CODIS hit and subsequent sentencing of man to 25 years in prison without parole Friday for the rape of a woman at a drive-in where he had taken her on their first date in 2003.
