How do we hold police and local governments accountable for the backlog of untested rape kits?
Courtney Martin
Courtney E. Martin is a Prospect senior correspondent. She is the author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists (Beacon Press). You can read more about her work at www.courtneyemartin.com.
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