Who would argue when Cuyahoga County Assistant Prosecutor Rick Bell calls these offenders the “worst of the worst”?
The results we’re seeing with the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative — in the laboratory, in investigations, and in courtrooms — are among the most promising I’ve witnessed in my career.
A Q&A with Ilse Knecht of the National Center for Victims of Crime Ilse Knecht has been working to advance the DNA analysis of untested sexual assault kits for nearly 15 years. She is deputy director of public policy for the National Center for Victims of Crime and director of its DNA Resource Center. We spoke with her about victims’ needs and other issues related to the testing of old kits.
Rape crisis programs are better positioned to help victims as a result of increased funding made available through the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Services Expansion Program and Ohio’s new Rape Crisis Trust Fund.
The new Bureau of Criminal Investigation facility in Northwest Ohio will open Nov. 10 on the Bowling Green State University campus.