Michigan Rape Kit Failures

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Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

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How one Michigan case reveals problems with rape kits across America

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A series of breakdowns allowed Marshawn Curtis to remain free for years after that report.

The federal Sexual Assault Kit Initiative , launched in 2015 , promised to deliver justice and put rapists behind bars.

But a USA TODAY investigation found that even though the program has awarded nearly $350 million in grants countless survivors didn't get justice.

Thousands of victims whose kits were tested under the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative don’t even know their kits have been tested, let alone what the results were.

At the time of Zaballos ’ complaint in 2020 , Georgia law did not require victims to be notified of their kits’ test results.

In both Wisconsin and Orange County , California , officials reached just one person for every 43 kits sent.

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