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MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today is celebrating two years of Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) tracking system. Since its inception in May 2022, 3,458 SAKs have ...

They are small white boxes, but in the world of a sexual assault survivor, forensic evidence kits can be a symbol of hope. A sexual assault evidence kit, also known as a rape kit, is a collection of ...

MILWAUKEE - For years, sexual assault kits piled up in Wisconsin – going untested and leaving survivors in the dark. But a new program state leaders are launching hopes to stop the backlog. Sexual ...

SOON AS WE GET INFORMATION IN. FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, SOUTH CAROLINA THREW A LIFELINE TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, A WAY TO TRACK EVIDENCE WHAT’S CALLED A RAPE KIT. THE LAWMAKERS MOVE WAS ...

COLUMBIA — Evelyn Mitchell said it felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders when the state Legislature passed a bill in 2020 creating a tracking system for rape kits. Just two years prior she ...

Sexual assault victims in Louisiana will now be able to track the status of their rape kit after the state on Monday launched a centralized tracking system, which lawmakers hope will address backlogs.

Sexual assault victim survivors in Minnesota now have better access to information about their case, thanks to a new sexual assault kit tracking program. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina General Assembly’s Legislative Audit Council (LAC) conducted an audit of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s (SLED) sexual assault kit tracking ...

New Jersey has joined the states that now require tracking of rape kits — but advocates fear the potential loss of federal aid could create more backlogs. (Tek Image/Science Photo Library via Getty ...