“The rape kit backlog sends two terrible messages: to victims, it says: you dont matter. What happened to you doesnt matter. And to criminals, it says: what you did doesnt matter. Testing the kits reverses those messages. At long last—yes, after too much time, but at long last—survivors hear the message: You do matter. What happened to you matters. Your cases matter. And testing communicates to criminals that they are no longer able to offend with impunity.” --Mariska Hargitay endthebacklog.org/first-person/remarks-mariska-hargitay-manhattan-das-new-initiative#sthash.80WZ05Ca.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:35:06 +0000
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