MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A counseling group has been formed for rape victims whose rape kits were among a backlog left untested by the Memphis Police Department over about a 30-year period.
The Memphis Daily News reports the Shelby County Rape Crisis Center will provide counseling on a weekly basis.
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said in November that the agency has around 12,000 untested rape kits.
Some of the kits date from the 1980s, which has angered advocates for rape victims.
At least two bills on the issue of rape have been filed this legislative session.
