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Begun Center’s Rachel Lovell explains rape kit testing process

Backlogged rape test kits produce several possible leads

Associated PressRachel Lovell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, explained how testing backlogged rape kits is just the first step toward justice. “The testing will always just be a cost or just a sheet of paper in a file if you are not doing something with the information,” she said.