Update: Prosecution... Declined?

Dig

Louisville Public Media

Louisville, Documentary, Truecrime, Kentucky, Society & Culture, News, Society & Culture/documentary, Investigation, True Crime

4.6 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It’s been two months since we released the first season of Dig. And a lot has changed: city leaders are calling the police department to account, and there have been some changes in Jen Sainato’s rape case that we did not see coming.

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0:00.0	From L.P.M. Louisville Public Media.
0:04.0	Support for LPM Podcast comes from the I Care Institute and Butchertown Clinical Trials,
0:09.0	where they strive for diversity, equity, and inclusion within their staff, patients, and clinical trial
0:14.6	participants. To learn more, visit Butchertown. clinic.
0:18.7	A listener note, this story is about rape investigations and includes descriptions of sexual
0:23.8	violence. It's so good to see you again. It's very nice to see you too. Will you just
0:29.9	tell us give us your name and where you're from and so he can check your levels.
0:33.7	Yes.
0:34.7	Jennifer Sinato.
0:35.7	Good?
0:36.7	We're great.
0:37.7	Okay, so, Jen. It's been two months since we've released the first season of Dig, our deep dive investigation into how rape cases are investigated and prosecuted here in Louisville, Kentucky.
0:56.0	Jen and I met up in Cincinnati to catch up on everything that has happened since.
1:01.0	If you recall, Jen's case had been cleared by police after a prosecutor declined it.
1:05.2	During our reporting, the police agreed to reopen her case and look at additional
1:09.4	medical records she gave them. Last we'd heard, she was waiting to find out whether those records would change the outcome of her case.
1:16.0	And she's still waiting on that front, but in many other ways a lot has changed.
1:22.0	The police department has been called to testify in front of the
1:24.2	Louisville Metro Council a few days from now about its handling of rape cases.
1:27.6	I've heard from rape victims across the city who were inspired by Jen's story to find
1:32.3	out what happened to their cases.
1:34.4	And Jen has learned new details about her case that shocked even me.
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