rape kits

Local advocacy groups for survivors of sexual assault are throwing their support behind two proposed bills aimed at helping in the pursuit of justice.Each…

Sexual AssaultJacksonville leaders say they’re determined to do whatever is necessary to help victims of sexual assault.That was the message this week as…

Rape kit testingGovernor Rick Scott signs into law a measure requiring all rape kits in the state to be tested within 120 days.Scott signed the bill after…

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday signed nine bills, including a high-profile measure requiring local law-enforcement agencies to submit "rape kits" to be…

A new study from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has found a backlog of at least 13, 000 untested sexual-assault kits in Florida. There are…

More than 9,000 untested sexual-assault kits need to be processed by Florida crime labs. That’s according to an assessment released Monday by the Florida…

We discuss the week's top news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: Tonyaa Weathersbee, Florida Times-Union columnist; A.G. Gancarski,…

All of Northeast Florida’s untested rape kits—about 1,500 of them—will now get processed, thanks to a federal grant announced Thursday.The nearly $2…

Attorney General Pam Bondi put added pressure Wednesday on lawmakers to increase funding for crime labs as she detailed a massive backlog of untested rape…

State Rep. Janet Adkins (R-Fernandina Beach) joins us to discuss education issues, as well as possible legislation to address how quickly sexual assault…