Kentucky is one of many states with a backlog of untested sexual assault examination kits – also known as rape kits. Senate Joint Resolution 20, sponsored by Sen. Denise Harper Angel (D-Louisville), requires the state police crime lab to account for those untested rape kits and report the total number to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1. Harper Angel joined Morgain Sprague, a lawyer with the Kentucky State Police, to endorse the measure for its potential to protect the public from violent offenders.
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