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PSA Reminds Sexual Assault Survivors They are not Alone
— Big Island Now Staff, Big Island Now.com, Aug 13, 2017

A new Public Service Announcement (PSA) video under Project Malama Kakou aims to reach sexual assault survivors who may feel isolated, sharing caring and victim-centered support and information services. The PSA is located at ag.hawaii.gov/hisaki. To learn more, visit the link and read the full article.

Dallas Man jailed on new rape charge after statute of limitations expired on old case
— Tasha Tsiaperas, Dallas News, Aug 10, 2017

Lee Marvin Banks has been arrested for a more recent rape, and has exonerated an innocent man who spent 12 years in jail for a rape he did not commit.

Man Indicted After Sexual Assault Kit Testing Links Him To A Series of Kidnappings & Sexual Assaults
— Kim Wheeler, Local Memphis.com, Aug 9, 2017

A man has been caught and indicted on sexual assault, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm by the Memphis Police Department. Thanks to the Memphis Police Department’s Sex Crimes Bureau and DNA Cold Case unit, Michael Love will be brought to justice.

Man Indicted After Sexual Assault Kit Testing Links Him To A Series of Kidnappings & Sexual Assaults
— Kim Wheeler, Local Memphis.com, Aug 9, 2017

A man has been caught and indicted on sexual assault, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm by the Memphis Police Department. Thanks to the Memphis Police Department’s Sex Crimes Bureau and DNA Cold Case unit, Michael Love will be brought to justice.

Follow-up file: State officials say 95 untested sexual assault kits sent for testing
— Tara Becker, Quad-City Times, Aug 6, 2017

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is pleased to announce that it has begun submitting it’s more than 4,200 unsubmitted backlogged rape kits to the laboratory. To learn more, read the full article.

Follow-up file: State officials say 95 untested sexual assault kits sent for testing
— Tara Becker, Quad-City Times, Aug 6, 2017

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is pleased to announce that it has begun submitting it’s more than 4,200 unsubmitted backlogged rape kits to the laboratory. To learn more, read the full article.

Rape kit testing yields results in old cases
— Amy Frazier, KOIN 6, Jul 27, 2017

Fifteen months after Multnomah, Lane, and Marion counties started submitted their backlogged rape kits for testing, almost all have been submitted and a number of DNA hits have been made. The testing has led to multiple indictments as well. To learn more, ready the full article.

Rape kit testing yields results in old cases
— Amy Frazier, KOIN 6, Jul 27, 2017

Fifteen months after Multnomah, Lane, and Marion counties started submitted their backlogged rape kits for testing, almost all have been submitted and a number of DNA hits have been made. The testing has led to multiple indictments as well. To learn more, ready the full article.

3,600 backlogged rape kits tested in Florida
— Angela Jacobs, WFTV9 ABC, Jul 25, 2017

3,600 backlogged sexual assault kits have now been tested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, thanks to funding by the District Attorney of New York. Of these, there were nearly 850 hits in the federal DNA database.

DNA, Name On Dentures Yield Guilty Plea in Rape Case
— Toby Sells, Memphis Flyer, Jul 25, 2017

Evidence on a set of dentures, as well as DNA from an unsolved rape case helped to convict the perpetrator, thanks to funding provided by the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to test backlogged rape kits. To learn more, read the full article.