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Through the Eyes of a N.C. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

This article was originally published by Carolina Public Press. Carolina Public Press is an independent, in-depth and investigative nonprofit news service for North Carolina. About once per month, one of the two sexual assault nurse examiners at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory receives the call: A sexual assault patient […]

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N.C. Working to Erase Biggest Rape Kit Backlog in the Nation

This article was originally published by Carolina Public Press. Carolina Public Press is an independent, in-depth and investigative nonprofit news service for North Carolina. North Carolina is No. 1 in an ignoble measure: As of last year, it had the most untested rape kits in the entire nation. Hundreds of […]

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Sexual Assault Cases Hinge on Evidence Gathered by Police, Nurses

This article was originally published by Carolina Public Press. Carolina Public Press is an independent, in-depth and investigative nonprofit news service for North Carolina. Sometimes the right evidence can make or break a sexual assault case. Even when that evidence exists forensically or through witness testimony, the right circumstances make […]

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Sexual Assault Suspects Face Little Prospect of Conviction in Some N.C. Counties

This article was originally published by Carolina Public Press. Carolina Public Press is an independent, in-depth and investigative nonprofit news service for North Carolina. In 38 counties across North Carolina, zero defendants who were charged with sexual assault between Jan. 1, 2014, and June 30, 2018, were convicted of that […]

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