Investigations Rape in the United States

medical personnel in united states of america typically collect evidence potential rape cases commonly referred rape kits. though collected, rape kits not sent off testing. police departments have cited cost (processing rape kit can cost $1,500), decision not prosecute, , victims recant or unwilling move forward case common reasons rape kits going untested.

newspaper northern virginia sun drew national attention in late 1970s when owner herman j. obermayer said sun print name of accusers in rape cases came trial, out of sense of fairness between 2 sides. time magazine reported obermayer s policy “hotly denounced local feminists, police, prosecutors, hospital officials , sun readers have written or telephoned obermayer comment.” time quoted benjamin c. bradlee, executive editor of washington post, saying, “it’s wrong. it’s misguided. wouldn’t it.”