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The Debbie Smith Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. § 13701) provides United States federal government grants to eligible states and units of local government to conduct DNA analyses of backlogged DNA samples collected from victims of crimes and criminal offenders.
An interview with Debbie Smith, a sexual assault survivor, the founder of H-E-A-R-T (Hope Exists after Rape Trauma), and a longtime advocate for the elimination of DNA testing backlogs.
The Debbie Smith Act helps to strengthen the national DNA database used to help solve crimes. When forensic evidence is collected and processed, a DNA profile is developed and added to CODIS, the Combined DNA Index System.
Sep 6, 2019 · Debbie Smith, a rape survivor and advocate, joined RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, to urge Congress to renew the Debbie Smith Act, which funds DNA and rape kit testing. The law, named after Smith, has helped capture thousands of serial rapists and prevent sexual assaults.
On March 3,1989, Debbie Smith was kidnapped from her home while her husband, a police officer, was sleeping upstairs. She was dragged into the woods behind her Williamsburg , Virginia home and raped. The rapist threatened Debbie not to tell, and reminded her that he knew where she lived.
Sep 7, 2019 · Funding from the federal Debbie Smith Act has resulted in nearly 200,000 DNA hits on previously untested rape kits and DNA evidence. But the bill to reauthorize $151 million in funding has...
