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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 8, 2024

The Nashville Metro Council has approved a resolution to accept a grant to process rape kits faster, which in turn will help close cases faster, WSMV4 reports. The DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will provide $250,000 to pay for the outsourcing of sexual assault kit processing to private vendors. A statewide backlog in rape kit processing was brought to light two years ago when Eliza Fletcher was attacked and killed in Memphis. Since then, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has ramped up testing and outsourcing.