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Iowa needs stronger rules for evidence of possible sexual assault
With the help of $3 million in federal grants, the Iowa Sexual Assault Kit Initiative has completed the state’s first comprehensive inventor
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The Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault and anti-violence organizations across the country continue to reflect on the violence affecting p
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Iowa Attorney General Working to Test Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Across State
The Iowa Attorney General's Office says the state is ready to move forward on thousands of untested sexual assault evidence kits. "
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What Iowa's 4,265 untested rape kits mean for victims
Iowa has 4,265 untested rape evidence kits held in storage by the state's law enforcement agencies, including 36 that date back to the 1