by Ashley Byrd | Nov 20, 2019 | Crime / Courts, News
The state attorney general’s office has completed its count of rape kits that have sat in labs and on shelves, untested for decades. View full report (66 pages) With the help of a federal grant, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt appointed a task force that...
by Ashley Byrd | Oct 25, 2019 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner pushed through a bill to reauthorize federal funding for rape kit testing as states struggle with a backlog of samples. The Debbie Smith Act is authorized to provide up to $151 million in funding per year through Fiscal Year 2019....
