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The Debbie Smith Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. § 13701) provides United States federal government grants to eligible states and units of local government to conduct DNA analyses of backlogged DNA samples collected from victims of crimes and criminal offenders.
The Debbie Smith Act helps to strengthen the national DNA database used to help solve crimes. When forensic evidence is collected and processed, a DNA profile is developed and added to CODIS, the Combined DNA Index System.
An interview with Debbie Smith, a sexual assault survivor, the founder of H-E-A-R-T (Hope Exists after Rape Trauma), and a longtime advocate for the elimination of DNA testing backlogs.
Sep 6, 2019 · Today Debbie Smith, a survivor and advocate, alongside RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, held a press conference announcing delivery of over 32,000 signatures from citizens across the nation urging Congress to pass the Debbie Smith Act when it returns next week.
Nov 3, 2023 · The bill provides critical funding to public crime laboratories to efficiently and swiftly test DNA evidence, including rape kits. “The Debbie Smith Act has been the most effective anti-rape legislation that Congress has ever passed,” said Scott Berkowitz, RAINN’s founder and president.
Sep 7, 2019 · Funding from the federal Debbie Smith Act has resulted in nearly 200,000 DNA hits on previously untested rape kits and DNA evidence. But the bill to reauthorize $151 million in funding has...
On March 3,1989, Debbie Smith was kidnapped from her home while her husband, a police officer, was sleeping upstairs. She was dragged into the woods behind her Williamsburg , Virginia home and raped. The rapist threatened Debbie not to tell, and reminded her that he knew where she lived.
