Mariska Hargitay helped get over 11,000 rape kits tested - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-08-16/mariska-hargitay-svu-rape-kits-detroit It took 13 years of fundraising and advocacy, but by the fall of 2022, they’d tested all 11,000 kits — and solved more than 5,000 cases. They also discovered 22 serial rapists, Canning told Today in a Tuesday interview.
“It’s having a ripple effect across the country,” Canning said. “It’s making changes everywhere, for police departments, for prosecutors’ offices.”