#Maryland Is on Track to Process a Nearly 50-Year-Old Backlog of Rape Kits
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One of the country’s oldest backlogs of untested rape kits is on track to be processed by the end of the year, after new laws in Maryland put more than 1,400 cases dating back to 1977 on an expedited timetable.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/maryland-moves-to-process-rape-kits-backlog