In 2014, the state Justice Department learned of some 6,800 sexual assault evidence kits that had not been tested. They went unanalyzed for various reasons.

Schimel took over as attorney general in 2015. He secured a $4 million federal grant in September of that year to start testing Wisconsin’s kits, but the work didn’t begin until January 2017.

In 2014, the state Justice Department learned of some 6,800 sexual assault evidence kits that had not been tested. They went unanalyzed for various reasons. Prosecutors may have decided cases were ...

Wisconsin AG blasts conservative state Supreme Court candidate for being too slow to test rape kits The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen in the state Capitol in Madison ...

No. There is no evidence sanctuary policies meant to shield people from immigration authorities freed Venezuelan Alejandro Coronel Zarate before he was jailed Sept. 5, 2024, on a sexual assault ...

The Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, also known as WiSAKI, is an effort to solve cases dating back decades. Click here for the WiSAKI website.

While campaigning to deny Schimel a second-term as attorney general, Kaul said Schimel hadn't done enough to clear the backlog of untested rape kits that help convict sexual assault offenders ...

The county anchored by Detroit, Michigan reported a notification rate of about 9%. In Wisconsin, officials say they have contacted just 105 people out of the 4,475 kits sent for testing, about 2%.

Wisconsin's backlog of testing sexual assault evidence in the 2010s is at issue in the 2025 race for state Supreme Court as Susan Crawford attacks Brad Schimel's record as the state attorney general.

As of August 19, 2020, 1,087 kits with foreign DNA identified have been added to a national database of DNA profiles, out of 4,472 tested sexual assault kits.