What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit Kym Worthy

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Sep 26, 201800:18:55Society & Culture

In 2009, 11,341 untested rape kits -- some dating back to the 1980s -- were found in an abandoned warehouse once used by the Detroit police to store evidence. When this scandal was uncovered, prosecutor Kym Worthy set a...

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