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Connecticut, Oregon and Utah Become Latest to Implement Full Rape Kit Reform

The Joyful Heart Foundation, a national organization working to end the backlog of untested kits nationwide, today announced that Connecticut, Oregon and Utah have become the latest states in the country to enact comprehensive rape kit reform. Each state has adopted the six pillars of reform recommended by Joyful Heart and leaders in this field.

Joyful Heart Foundation: Utah is a Model of Bipartisan Cooperation on Rape Kit Reform

For Immediate Release: March 8, 2017Contact: Melissa Schwartz, media@endthebacklog.org  NEW YORK – The Joyful Heart Foundation, a leader in the effort to eliminate the national rape kit backlog, today applauded the Utah state legislature’s passage of H.B. 200, which takes significant and lasting steps to reform rape kit policies across the state. DNA evidence is […]