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Press Releases from the North Carolina Department of Justice <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
08\/24\/20<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Urges Congress to Expand Funding for Crime Victims<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
06\/05\/20<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Sues to Prevent Weakening of Student Protections Against Sexual Harassment and Assault<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10\/03\/19<\/td>Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Update: 1 Year In<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
09\/19\/19<\/td>Stein: The Survivor Act Will Put Rapists Behind Bars<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
09\/04\/19<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein: \u201cMe Too\u201d At-Home Sexual Assault Kits are Dangerous and Misleading<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
04\/24\/19<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Congratulates Winston-Salem Police Department on its Progress Testing Sexual Assault Kits<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
04\/01\/19<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Survivor Act<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03\/07\/19<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Announces SAFE Child Act to Protect Children<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
12\/20\/18<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Guilty Plea in Sexual Battery, Kidnapping, and Burglary Case<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10\/04\/18<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Announces New Statewide Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System and $2 Million Grant to Test Sexual Assault Kits<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
02\/28\/18<\/td>Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Results of State Crime Lab Inventory of Sexual Assault Kits<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
07\/20\/17<\/td>Stein to DeVos: We Must Protect Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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In the News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
05\/08\/20<\/td>Carolina Public Press | Response to sexual assault adjusts due to pandemic<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
02\/25\/20<\/td>WUNC | New Durham PD Unit to Address Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Backlog<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
01\/30\/20<\/td>WTVD | Untested sexual assault kits in the Triangle make up over a quarter of kits statewide<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11\/07\/19<\/td>North Carolina Health News | NC sexual assault reforms pass unanimously<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11\/07\/19<\/td>WFMY | No Means No. New NC Law Close Loopholes in Sexual Assault Cases, Strengthen Penalties Against Child Abusers<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11\/05\/19<\/td>WTVD | Durham gets $1 million to help with sexual assault cold cases<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11\/01\/19<\/td>Spectrum Local News |Sexual Assault Prevention Advocates Praise Closure Of \u201cConsent Loophole\u201dual<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11\/01\/19<\/td>News & Observer | North Carolina reforms sexual assault laws: \u2018We are defining what \u2018no\u2019 means.\u2019<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10\/04\/19<\/td>WECT | Thousands of rape kits logged, tracked one year after N.C. starts tracking system<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
09\/19\/19<\/td>WLOS | New NC law requires all rape kits to be submitted for testing<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
09\/19\/19<\/td>WTVD | Gov. Cooper signs Standing Up for Rape Victims Act into law<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
09\/05\/19<\/td>Carolina Public Press | Do-it-yourself rape evidence kit will hurt effort to prosecute rapists, AG warns<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
08\/03\/19<\/td>WSOC | Federal government picks NC research facility to run sexual assault test kit initiative<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
06\/10\/19<\/td>WECT | COLD CASE BREAKTHROUGH: Testing of rape kit leads to DNA match, arrest in 1996 sexual assault<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
05\/23\/19<\/td>WRAL | Stein lauds Durham\u2019s effort on untested rape kits, calls on lawmakers for more funding<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
04\/29\/19<\/td>Asheville Citizen Times | One year on, NC AG commends Asheville Police’s effort to clear sexual-assault kit backlog<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03\/20\/19<\/td>Carolina Public Press | Through the eyes of a sexual assault nurse examiner<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03\/20\/19<\/td>Carolina Public Press | Sexual assault cases hinge on evidence gathered by police, nurses<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03\/20\/19<\/td>Carolina Public Press | North Carolina working to erase biggest rape kit backlog in nation<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
02\/04\/19<\/td>The Daily Tar Heel | Attorney General Josh Stein calls for more funding to test backlogged rape kits<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
01\/30\/19<\/td>Carolina Public Press | NC attorney general to rapists: \u2018We are coming for you\u2019<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
01\/29\/19<\/td>WTVD | Proposed NC law calls for $6M to test 15,000 backlogged rape kits<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10\/04\/18<\/td>Asheville Citizen Times | Attorney General announces $2M grant to begin clearing NC’s 15,000 untested rape kits<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
02\/28\/18<\/td>WTVD | Thousands of rape kits go untested in North Carolina<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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