MacIver News Minute: Media Ignores Important Facts In Rape Kit Backlog Story

By Chris Rochester - September 18, 2018

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Attorney General Brad Schimel recently announced the Department of Justice has resolved the longstanding problem of a backlog of untested sexual assault kits. That might puzzle the average consumer of mainstream media reports, which have painted Schimel as a skinflint who put the decades-old backlog on the back burner. The media’s been ignoring key facts about the backlog in order to push a narrative – they put the facts on the back burner. Read More MacIver News Minute: Media Ignores Important Facts In Rape Kit Backlog Story

Schimel Announces Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Has Been Resolved

By Chris Rochester - September 11, 2018

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MacIver investigative reporter Matt Kittle joins The Morning News With Matt & Earl to discuss his latest report exploring the complex and decades-old problem of a backlog of untested rape kits. The problem has persisted through the tenures of attorneys general of both parties. But current AG Brad Schimel earlier in the day announced the backlog had been cleared with the exception of just five kits. Read More Schimel Announces Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Has Been Resolved

Justice Officials: Schimel and DOJ Solving 20-Year Rape Kit Problem In 3 Years

By Matt Kittle - September 10, 2018

By M.D. Kittle – The DOJ’s Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (WiSAKI) is not just rectifying decades-old failures in rape kit testing, it’s changing attitudes, ideas, an entire culture of how law enforcement officials deal with sexual assault survivors, officials say. Read More Justice Officials: Schimel and DOJ Solving 20-Year Rape Kit Problem In 3 Years