Rape Matters — So Does Catching Rapists | The American Spectator
Editor’s Note: Debra J. Saunders is off. The following column is by Diane Dimond.
Finally, justice officials have devised a way to DNA test a huge sexual kit backlog.
So get this. Top justice officials have figured out a way to make the bad guys finance programs that help solve crimes. It’s such a unique solution to a long-standing problem that I just have to share.
The district attorney’s office in Manhattan — a jurisdiction that includes one of the preeminent financial centers of the world — is in a matchless position to collect billions of dollars from international banks that concoct schemes to get around U.S. sanctions.
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The windfall is funding several different crime-fighting initiatives but the one that caught my eye was the award of $38 million to 20 states earmarked for DNA testing of backlogged rape kits. It’s enough funding to clear out more than 56,000 sexual assault kits that have gone untested, some of them for years. The money will help hire more lab techs and investigate leads after results come in.
I’ve written frequently here about how law enforcement has missed the boat in not making this a top priority. Rapists rarely have just one victim, according to experts.
While it is hard to quantify the activity of these often stealthy criminals, one often-quoted study examined 41 known serial rapists, who admitted they were collectively responsible for at least 837 violent rapes and over 400 attempted rapes. That’s more than 30 crimes per rapist!
While it is hard to quantify the activity of these often stealthy criminals, one often-quoted study examined 41 known serial rapists, who admitted they were collectively responsible for at least 837 violent rapes and over 400 attempted rapes. That’s more than 30 crimes per rapist!
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