I suspect that rape kits likely to solve rape cases have already been tested.   I further suspect that untested rape kits are untested because DA's have deemed the potential information content to be nil.  At a taxpayer cost of $1300 per test, there need be some critical analysis of whether testing rape kits deemed to have low evidence value is wise.  Those who demand testing every rape kit may find that doing so has the unanticipated consequence of reducing the number of women who have the opportunity to actually have rape medical exams performed.  When DA's know that each rape test must be fully processed regardless of situation and other evidence so as to deplete DA budget, we may see rules governing the administration of rape tests tightened to exclude cases where such tests are deemed low value. 

It would be greatly appreciated if the RG could do a follow-up when the current multi-million dollar testing is complete to see if any benefit was obtained.