Many hospitals don't have rape kits. Proposed legislation aims to change that

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'They looked at me and shrugged their shoulders and said, 'We don't do rape kits here'.'

Griffin says she later went to a second hospital that did administer the special examination to collect and preserve forensic evidence, but because of the delay in care, her case was never prosecuted.

"Not all hospitals have rape kits. Many hospitals don't have trained personnel who know what to do with a victim of sexual assault and don't realize the potential of harm if they don't deal with them correctly, both compassionately from a health care perspective and from the perspective of getting justice at the end of the day," Murray told CBS News.

Murkowski says in some parts of her state, it requires a plane ride to obtain a rape examination."So that woman who has just been violated is told, 'Don't bathe; don't change your clothes. Sit here until we can arrange for a flight out,'" detailed Murkowski."And, it's not as if there's any helicopter access. When I say a flight out, that individual, that woman may be sitting there waiting for a day.

 

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The Denver police officers love victomizing people torchering people with a electronic weapon device that feels just like RAPE. BECAUSE THEY WONT STOP. THEY USE THE STINGRAY DEVICE TO SPY ON PEOPLE

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