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TexasTowelie

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Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:19 AM Jul 2017

Montana to start testing rape kits this month

HELENA — The state will start testing previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits this month.

The Department of Justice has finished inventorying 1,140 kits from around the state that were not previously tested.

In 2015 Attorney General Tim Fox created a Sexual Assault Evidence Task Force to look into the number of unsubmitted evidence kits, understand why they weren't being tested and develop a plan to address the issue.

Since then the state has received a $2 million grant to pay for testing and another $284,500 grant to develop a way to inventory, track and report on kits as they are tested.

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/montana-to-start-testing-rape-kits-this-month/article_2fcee252-0b77-50ca-ac8a-cc215a8e6015.html

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Montana to start testing rape kits this month (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
Do you know if this is the same place that Samantha Bee featured a story on months ago? BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #1
I don't follow Samantha Bee so I can't answer your question. TexasTowelie Jul 2017 #2
I just googled it and found out it was Georgia. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #3

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