An Immoral, DIY Rape Kit Startup
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An Immoral, DIY Rape Kit Startup
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#2Rather than a “rape kit start up,” which is a really awful phrase to use, why don’t we process all of the backlog rape kits that are sitting in the evidence lockers across the country, first.
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#3This is a tweet thread covering the risks of a tech startup that has raised money in the effort to disrupt rape kits, most specifically having previously called itself MeToo Kits and rebranding to Leda Health. The tweet thread explains that the DIY rape kits are likely doing more harm than good, partially because these rape kits don't have the documentation of who owned the kid when and where that a rape kit at a hospital would have and therefore may not be admissible in court.
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#4Admissibility in court feels like the barest minimum of requirements here, to say nothing of the other services like counceling the linked thread discusses.
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#5At home kits have been admitted to courts in California. The tweets claiming these kits are inadmissible is false.
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9727395/rape-kit-at...
A judge determines what's admissible in a court of law. That's why your texts, social media posts, etc are all admissable.
The companies in this space are not trying to fool anyone into not going into the hospital. They are trying to help serve the 80%+ of survivors that never go to the official system.
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#6Here's some additional reporting on this:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/diy-remote-rape...
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#7At home kits have been admitted to courts in California. The tweets claiming these kits are inadmissible is false. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9727395/rape-kit-at... A judge determines what's admissible in a court of law. That's why your texts, social media posts, etc are all admissable. The companies in this space are not trying to fool anyone into not going into the hospital. They are trying to help se…
This is with a cop parked outside and a nurse over a zoom call. These kits are being used as a last resort in the middle of a pandemic. Chain of custody looks to be a problem and it is mentioned in the article.
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#8This is a tweet thread covering the risks of a tech startup that has raised money in the effort to disrupt rape kits, most specifically having previously called itself MeToo Kits and rebranding to Leda Health. The tweet thread explains that the DIY rape kits are likely doing more harm than good, partially because these rape kits don't have the documentation of who owned the kid when and where that a rape kit at a hos…
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#9Anytime I see a Twitter post by a dude coming after women...especially something like this my eyes roll out of my head. Cool. Another hit piece on female founders. Never seen those before.
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#10At home kits have been admitted to courts in California. The tweets claiming these kits are inadmissible is false. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9727395/rape-kit-at... A judge determines what's admissible in a court of law. That's why your texts, social media posts, etc are all admissable. The companies in this space are not trying to fool anyone into not going into the hospital. They are trying to help se…
Lawyer confirming this. Best and well known example of similar evidence would be Monica Lewinsky’s black gap dress.