Texas Archives

To continue with our series on the consequences of allowing rape kits to remain untested, we turn to the story of 57-year-old Michael Phillips of Dallas, Texas, who was exonerated on July 25 after having spent 12 years in prison on charges of rape. According to Reuters, the case “marked the first time someone has […]

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) estimates there are 20,000 untested rape kits sitting in police storage facilities across the state, according to a January, 3, 2013 article in The New York Times. In 2011, the Texas state legislature passed a bill requiring law enforcement agencies to count the untested kits in their evidence […]