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Reporter Catherine Rentz goes behind the scenes of her serialized investigation into the outrage and promise of untested DNA from rape victims.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story is the last of a three-part series. Read part one and part two, and sign up for the Cold Justice newsletter to go behind the scenes of this investigation. Editors note: This story contains a brief description of a rape. Christopher Grant, a veteran detective with the city of Baltimore’s police department, had to take a refresher course in 2007 on investigating sex crimes. At the last minute, the instructor backed...

Distressed by authorities’ poor treatment of rape victims and destruction of evidence, one doctor became a DNA archivist long before we had the technology to test it. For potentially hundreds of survivors, his faith in science is paying off.

Editors note: This story contains several brief descriptions of rape. Rose Brady walked alone between bus stops on a busy street in Baltimore County one evening in April 1987. She was 28, with long, curly brown hair and blue eyes — perfect prey for the predator local police had named the “Sunglass Rapist.” She hoped so, anyway. Brady worked for the Baltimore County Police Department and had just been promoted to corporal. When she signed on in 1977 at age 18, she had been one of only 15 f...

React Presents and Custom Personalization Solutions ("CPS"), announced today that LiveXLive will be streaming "See Me: A Global Concert" on Sunday, January 24th at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. "See Me: A Global Concert", part of the Opening Ceremony of the Davos Agenda 2021 of the World Economic Forum, an event filled with political, economic and academic leadership and more from around the world, will be livestreamed on LiveXLives platform. This cinematic display of music is an original 23-minute product...

World Economic Forum Announces 2021 Crystal Award Winners · Architect Sir David Adjaye OBE, and photographer Sebastião Salgado receive the 27 th Crystal Awards honouring change-making artists · Marin Alsop, Yo-Yo Ma, Es Devlin, and artists, musicians and film teams across the world collaborate for See Me: A Global Concert, shot on location despite the challenges of COVID-19, in the spirit of trust, connection, and hope · Opening Ceremony scheduled for Sunday 24 Jan. at 19.00 CET and again a...