Times of San Diego

DA’s Rape-Kit Testing Effort Yields Zero Arrests So Far; Half of $1 Million Spent

In April 2018, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced a $1 million program to test 1,000 backlogged rape kits — aiming to identify DNA and put assailants away. The effort would ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

DA’s office spending $1M for rape kit testing

San DiegoSan Diego — The District Attorney’s Office is spending $1 million for an out-of-state laboratory to test 1,000 rape kits, and the first results are expected by the end of the month. District ...
Times of San Diego

DA Boasts Completion of Backlogged Rape-Kit Testing, But Critics Remain

In August 2018, a spokesman for the Virginia firm hired to test backlogged San Diego County rape kits said: “The plan is on track to have the testing completed by summer 2019.” On Thursday, the San ...