LONDON, Ohio (WXIX) – A single sexual assault kit can take roughly 20 hours to process, according to Kristen Slaper, DNA lab manager for Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Slaper says the London ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sorenson Forensics, one of the leading commercial forensics labs in the country, was named as one of only two preferred forensic DNA laboratories in the country to ...

The city's independent crime lab on Tuesday announced an ambitious plan to clear a backlog of hundreds of rape kits and other DNA evidence, the latest effort to rein in a recurring problem that has ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sorenson Forensics, under contract by the Michigan State Police, recently helped reduce a significant stockpile of unsubmitted sexual assault evidence kits from the ...

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. During the event, Biden and other officials announced almost $80 million in grants to help eliminate a ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — New legislation from Congressmemeber Nancy Mace (SC-01, R) is hoping to clear out the backlog of DNA rape kits. "We wanna make sure that women understand that their ...

LANSING, MI -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law the "Sexual Assault Kit Evidence Submission Act," setting new standards for prompt testing across the state. The legislation was ...

State lawmakers are poised to set aside $1.5 million to help Oregon state police hire more crime lab technicians to process sexual assault kit evidence as part of Melissa's Bill. "Can't think of money ...

(WSIL) -- The number of pending sexual assault forensic kits older than 180 days in Illinois has reached zero. This is down from a backlog of 1,815 sexual assault forensic assignments that were ...