Washington state has started addressing the imperative of sexual assault case attrition in a very unique way. Its first-in-the nation sexual assault case review program should become a national best practice for any jurisdiction that wants to reform the criminal justice system’s response to sexual assault survivors and sexual assault cases.
Author: Antoinette Bonsignore
Antoinette Bonsignore, J.D., is a rape kit reform advocate as well as an advocate for domestic and sexual violence survivors. She is currently serving as a legal and prosecutorial analyst for the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission and working to reform the law enforcement and prosecutorial response to sexual assault cases. You can find her on Twitter @AntSeattle.