More than 13,000 rape kits remain untested in Florida, officials say

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/04/florida-rape-kits-untested-backlog

In September, federal officials promised to speed up testing. As part of that effort, the Justice Department (DoJ) distributed $41m in grants to help police departments develop procedures for preventing rape kit backlogs.

But those grants are directed at police forces who will spend less than half of the money on testing old rape kits, according to the application guidelines.

The DoJ has also struggled to distribute other money set aside for police departments investigating the extent of their rape kit backlogs for the first time.

In 2013, Congress passed a law that increased spending on forensic analysis that must go toward inventorying and testing rape kits, and set aside grants to help police forces count and process their untested rape kits.

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After Detroit processed a backlog of 11,000 rape kits, police identified more than 100 serial rape suspects.

This is beyond maddening.