You have issues. Virginia has eliminated a backlog of 2,665 untested rape kits that had sat on shelves in local police departments for years, state Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced Wednesday. Herring (D) said a law that requires police to submit their kits to the state crime lab within 60 days should prevent such a backlog from occurring again, and victims can now track the progress of testing on their kits. Herring said tests on 851 of those kits resulted in DNA profiles that were entered into CODIS, the national combined DNA index system, and 354 of those profiles resulted in “hits”: names sent to local law enforcement for further investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/07/08/virginia-eliminates-backlog-2665-untested-rape-kits/ |
So I applaud this but it’s illustrative of the issue at hand— which is that law enforcement simply doesn’t care about women reporting rape. Half the rape kits pinged on someone already in the system. But they sat on shelves anyway. While the non-felony sexual assault statute of limitations is over in a year. And crimes against a child expire when the child is 19 or 21. Letting these sit was letting these people get away with a crime— all because the police didn’t listen to or believe the women in front of them. |
Why in the world are local Democrat politicians in power, allowing this travesty? Why is Democrat Mark Herring pushing to allow rape evidence to sit on a shelf for 60 days? It should be more like SIX DAYS!!!!! Democrats don’t care one bit about rape victims. |
This is sarcasm, right? The Democratic trifecta passed legislation to clear the backlog and the Democratic Attorney General cleared the backlog. And they’re not in charge now. |
No, it’s the desperate squawking of a forced birther, a dog with a mouthful of bumper. Anyone who pays the remotest attention to the way the respective parties treat rape as an issue knows that it’s Republicans who want to know what she was wearing, who slurred this 10 year old rape victim on this very thread, and Democrats who take it seriously. |
| Why is rape evidence allowed to sit on a shelf for 60 days? |
Because there are way more rapes than there are hours in a day for the few qualified experts to analyze the DNA evidence? Just a guess. Regardless, any 10-year-old victim of rape should have the option not to be forced to give birth to her rapist’s baby. |
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Is the girl’s rapist in prison?
Did anyone care about putting the rapist where he belongs? I remember he was live-in boyfriend of the girl’s mother. Did the mother support her daughter or her boyfriend? |
Irrelevant to question of whether you support femicide-forward policies like making a ten year old attempt to carry a baby to term. |
Is this your first time hearing about this case? There’s a whole thread here that you can read, with links. |
Why do you keep asking this question that has been answered time and again and is easy to google? |
Driving an hour to the next state isn't exactly what most people would consider enraging. |
No evidence of any shortage of forensic specialists. Rape victims simply don’t qualify as a priority for them. TRAGIC. |
Are you the one who didn’t see any evidence that Virginia Democrats cleared their backlog? If so you have a problem seeing evidence. And who is “THEM” here exactly? All the doctors involved in this case reported exactly what happened to this girl to the proper authorities immediately. |
That’s where you’d be wrong. A raped ten year old walks into a doctor and is told “it’s illegal for me to care for you, this state wants you to give birth to your rapists child” is enraging to anyone who has ever had a child. When the story expands to include the persecution of the doctor who was able to treat her, most people do, in fact, find it enraging. And if you’re still living in the delusional world where people aren’t enraged by children being legally forced to give birth to their rapists babies, look at the summer turnout about this. |