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niyad

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1. This is very good news indeed. But, without reading the entire

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Apr 20, 2024, 01:24 AM

Apr 2024

lengthy bill, do we know why 4,000 of those kits, 25%, were not tested?

This part pisses me off: more than 2, 000 were linked to DNA already in the system from previous offenders. MAYBE if the F'n authorities had done their damned jobs in the first place, instead of ignoring the victims and the evidence, some of those rapists would have been off the streets.

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AG Josh Stein announces NC's decades-long backlog of 16,000 untested rape kits has been cleared [View all] littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 OP

This is very good news indeed. But, without reading the entire niyad Apr 2024 #1

Apologies for the formatting. I copied it from the PDF link. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #2

Thank you for that answer to my question. I had looked for, but did niyad Apr 2024 #3

I'm not following you. Please elaborate. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #4

Sorry. I was just wondering exactly how many of those nearly 3,000 niyad Apr 2024 #5

Two contingencies are mentioned. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #6

I appreciate all the time and effort you have already taken to answer my no-doubt niyad Apr 2024 #7

Not annoying at all! I love you, niyad. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #8

Love you, too. I hope your evening is going well. niyad Apr 2024 #9