SALT LAKE CITY Law enforcement officers around the country are warning survivors of sexual assault not to buy kits allowing them to gather DNA evidence at home instead of going to a hospital.
Now a Utah lawmaker wants to go a step further and ban the sale of the kits that she says can seem convenient but ultimately give false hope because they re widely considered inadmissible in court. I don t want to set up someone for failure, said Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City.
The kits aren t yet available in Utah, but Romero said she wants to keep it that way as makers market them as a smart choice during the coronavirus pandemic.