On average, it takes a year and a half to process rape DNA evidence (if ever)

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Support the Debbie Smith Act
http://www.lifetimetv.com/our_commi...smith_sign.html

As it now stands, quite often a rape victim is given an intrusive and emotionally difficult set of examinations following a rape, only to have that evidence sit in an evidence locker, never actually examined. The Debbie Smith Act will:

– provide training for hospital examiners who deal with victims of sexual assault;
– introduce standardized evidence-collection kits to speed up the processing of DNA evidence; and
– require states to complete all DNA evidence testing within 10 days of receipt.

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http://www.nlectc.org/justnetnews/09132001.html#story9

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http://www.nlectc.org/justnetnews/09132001.html#story9

I have no cite (I looked only briefly) but was listening to radio show talk that the await on some cases in the Houston area is up to 18 months. :frowning:

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Oops, sorry about that!

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Hmm… the link works for me

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Opal, I couldn’t get your link to work, either.

Back to this thread, 18 months!!! How can this be acceptable to anyone? What a sad, sad fact.

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I think this is the correct OP link:
http://www.lifetimetv.com/our_commitment/violence/dsmith_sign.html