Detroit is starting to sort through thousands of boxes of potential evidence in rape cases that have been left unprocessed. The 11,000 “rape kits” were discovered in 2009, and Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy has been leading the effort to process them.
In April, she told weekends on All Things Considered that they began with a random sample of 400 kits to get a snapshot of what they were dealing with. That sampling led to two trials, which resulted in convictions.
“Both of those defendants are now serving time for a very, very long time,” Worthy tells Jacki Lyden, host of weekends on All Things Considered.
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