Sandy Middleton, executive director of the Center for Violence Prevention, spoke Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at the Bridge Forensic Clinic in Pearl about new sexual assault evidence collection kits developed by the clinic. The kits can be used in a police case and prosecution. Credit: Mina Corpuz / Mississippi Today
Two measures aimed at helping rape survivors get justice have unanimously passed the state House and are before the Senate, where they were killed without a vote last year.
But Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who oversees the Senate, on Wednesday voiced support for the measures, which could help their chances greatly.
