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LAS VEGAS (AP) — After more than five years, Nevada has completed laboratory work on a backlog of thousands of rape evidence kits that were collected but…
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The backlog of untested rape kits is growing in Utah even after state lawmakers passed a law in 2017 to address the issue, in part…
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Legislation that would enact a bill of rights for sexual assault survivors faced some concerns from public defenders and law…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of sexual assault kits have been tested in Nevada, but thousands remain in a backlog that is taking years to reduce.The Las…
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is awarding $2.7 million to Las Vegas police to continue to pay for testing a backlog of thousands of sexual assault…
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Utah crime lab officials are feeling optimistic as they work to speed up the time it takes to process sexual assault evidence kits, after lawmakers…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada lawmakers have agreed to allocate almost $3.7 million to test 7,500 sexual assault evidence kits languishing in police vaults…
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Nevada lawmakers are being asked to allocate almost $3.7 million toward testing more than 7,500 sexual assault evidence kits languishing in police vaults…
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After someone is raped, DNA material and other evidence is collected by trained medical professionals and put into medical rape kits.The idea is to use…
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Nevada agencies are getting about $5.6 million to start processing a backlog of more than 7,500 untested rape kits.Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced…