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	<title>IAPE Evidence Blog &#187; Backlog</title>
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		<title>Never-ending scandal: Will we ever fix HPD’s crime lab?</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/08/never-ending-scandal-will-we-ever-fix-hpds-crime-lab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON CHRONICLE, chron.com
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Houston, TX
Our stomach sank when we saw the headline “More Untested Rape Kits at HPD” (August 10, Page 1). The Houston Police Department, it turned out, doesn’t have a shocking 4,000 rape kits languishing untested in its property room; the number is actually closer to 7,000.
An ugly sense of déjà vu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinal sex-assault DNA testing lags</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/08/pinal-sex-assault-dna-testing-lags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic, azcentral.com
BYLINE: Lindsey Collom and Caitlin McGlade
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Pinal County, AZ
DNA evidence from more than 200 sexual-assault cases in Pinal County has been languishing in the Sheriff’s Office property room, some for decades, a recent audit revealed.
An independent auditor found that only about 5 percent of sexual-assault kits, including DNA samples taken during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modesto man guilty of woman’s murder 35 years ago</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/08/modesto-man-guilty-of-womans-murder-35-years-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Modesto Bee, modbee.com
BYLINE: Rosalio Ahumada, rahumada@modbee.com
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Modesto, CA

After less than 90 minutes of deliberation, a jury on Wednesday afternoon convicted Buddy Ray Gary, 60, of murder in the death of an 81-year-old woman beaten and raped inside her west Modesto home 35 years ago. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice delayed in rape cases</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/06/justice-delayed-in-rape-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Houston Chronicle, chron.com
BYLINE: ANITA HASSAN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE, anita.hassan@chron.com
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Houston, TX
Many assault kits untested; little progress made at HPD lab after 5 years

Five years ago, when the troubled Houston Police Department crime lab resumed DNA testing, more than 4,000 sexual assault kits sat in a property room freezer awaiting testing.
Today, much of that evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY rape victim leads project to catch predators</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/06/ny-rape-victim-leads-project-to-catch-predators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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The Associated Press State &#38; Local Wire
BYLINE: FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press
Long Island, NY
Natasha Alexenko wants more rapists in prison.
A sexual assault survivor who waited 15 years to see her assailant brought to justice, Alexenko who is featured in an upcoming HBO documentary on sex crime prosecutions insists authorities often have the evidence to [...]]]></description>
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