A DNA sample taken from a rape victim in 2003 had no link to a man who was wrongly jailed for 17 years for the attack, a court has heard. Forensic testing for crime scene DNA has improved massively ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced an initiative to launch an online portal for survivors of sexual assault. Delays in testing evidence from those assaults have been a lost ...

It generally costs somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500 to test a rape kit—though the DA’s office said that kits tested through the initiative will cost less than $675 each. At a rate of $675 per kit, ...