Friday, October 23, 2009

Human Rights Watch: 12,000 Rape Kits Untested

Some 12,000 rape kits have been sitting untested for years in Los Angeles County, California, raising questions about how police departments are dealing with rape evidence collected from victims.

David Fathi, the Director of the U.S. Program joined WRGW to talk about the issue that we now know is affecting departments throughout the country.

Click here to listen to the discussion. Please be patient as the audio loads: WRGW News Interview with David Fathi of Human Rights Watch

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for your post. I just wrote one about what it means when such brutality is "normalized" by virtue of simply being used on a regular basis...when in fact it ought to be regarded still as beyond the pale. I am providing the link in case you are interested. http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/using-rape-against-political-protesters/

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