The federal grant program that helps states eliminate backlogs in rape kit testing is set to expire, and advocates said Friday that House Democrats need to act quickly before the money runs out at the end of September.
Right now, more than 100,000 rape kits in states across the country remain untested, some even stored away in law enforcement warehouses, advocates said. As years pass, statutes of limitations in the states bar prosecution, making it much harder, if not impossible, to identify perpetrators and bring charges. Without the federal funding, advocates say, it’s possible many of the rape kits might never be tested.
“We need Speaker Pelosi to step up and let the Judiciary Committee know that this is a priority,” Scott Berkowitz, the president of the anti-sexual violence organization RAINN , said at a news conference on Friday. Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, her spokesman told ABC News, is"very committed" to reauthorizing the funding.
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