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TED Talks Society and Culture

What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit | Kym Worthy

TED Talks Society and Culture

TED

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4.1794 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

In 2009, 11,341 untested rape kits -- some dating back to the 1980s -- were found in an abandoned warehouse once used by the Detroit police to store evidence. When this scandal was uncovered, prosecutor Kym Worthy set a plan into action to get justice for the thousands of victims affected. In this powerful, eye-opening talk, Worthy explains how her office helped develop an innovative program to track and test these kits -- and calls for a national effort to help solve the problem of stockpiled rape kits.

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