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And the idea that this kind of information is going to happen is going to be a huge disincentive for them to want to come in regard. and the other thing people need to realize, may not know this, taking the evidence from an rape kit is not exactly unintrusive. it is extremely intrusive, extremely traumatic. so having this result, it's used as a band-aid. they need to look at it from a different issue, but that ordinance has been passed that you can't do this in future cases. >> the politics of it, it always comes back. i have stories about the backlog of rape kits not being tested. but you hav...

Missouri had 1,536 untested kits. The Kansas City area accounted for nearly one-third of them.

The turnaround time to test a sexual assault kit can be months to even a year. That leaves victims languishing while police try to solve the crimes against them.

* Whose Flight Is It, Anyway?: Lawsuit aims to enforce minimum seat sizes among airlines. Looking at you Spirit and Frontier. [Reuters] * Remember Independent state legislative theory? That's still a thing, and it looms darker than before. Like fair elections? Pay attention.  [Common Dreams] * The DOJ subpoenaed over 30 people related to Trump's mucking about. Somebody is gonna fold, and Twitter will be ablaze. [CNN] * Reporting sexual assault is hard enough as is without the risk of a kit being used against you. [The Guardian] * Sotomayor has temporarily weighted in on the nuanced ...

Treating victims like future violators can’t be good for police-civilian relations.