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This is the complete issue of Sexual Assault Report Volume 25, Number 6. Contents: U.S. Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Systems by Mattie Jones and Brianna Zimmer; A State Census of Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs): Comparing Forensic DNA Testing Outcomes by Geographic and Population Density Characteristics by Rebecca Campbell; Rape Kit Testing by Michelle Y. Richter; Worth Reading by Russ Immarigeon; Case Summaries by Anne L. Perry [Tennessee: Conviction in 2018 for Rape Committed in 2000 Based on DNA Evidence Affirmed Where “John Doe” Indictment Was Timely and Evidence Was Properly Preserved—State v. Johnson, (No. W2019-01133-CCA-R3-CD), 2022 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 172, 2022 WL 1134776 (Tenn. Ct. Crim. App. 2022); Ohio: Conviction in 2018 for Rape in 1995 Based on DNA Profile Reversed Where “John Doe” Indictment Was Insufficient to Meet Statute of Limitations—State v. Moore, 185 N.E.3d 216 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022); Nevada: Conviction in 2017 for Rape in 1999 Reversed Due to Loss of Potentially Exculpatory Evidence—Dorado v. State, 504 P.3d 1133 (Nev. 2022); Missouri: Statutory Rape Conviction Reversed Because Allowing Virtual Testimony of Expert Witness on DNA Evidence Violated Confrontation Clause—State v. Smith, 636 S.W.3d 576 (Mo. 2022)]; End the Backlog.

Keywords: Rape Kit; Forensic DNA Testing; Joyful Heart EndtheBacklog.org

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