DOJ report: Effort to clear sexual assault kit backlog delayed testing in nearly 350 active cases

Efforts by the state crime lab to trim a backlog of untested sexual assault kits led to delays in testing DNA in nearly 350 active cases, a new Department of Justice report says. The state began to clear that backlog -- which peaked at over 6,800 untested kits, some of which dated back to the 1980s -- after the DOJ in 2015 received a $4 million federal grant. While most of the work has been outsou...