Unsolved Rapes: How Testing the Rape Kit Backlog Could Solve Thousands
Testing old rape kits could put countless rapists in prison—and exonerate others who were wrongly convicted. Linda Fairstein on the tragedy of letting these truth-tellers collect dust.
Rape kits stored by the Cleveland Police Department. The Department of Justice estimates the number of untested rape kits nationwide to be more than 200,000. (Photo: Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain Dealer / Landov),LONNIE TIMMONS III
