Activist Amanda Nguyen learned this the hard way. After she was raped in her Harvard dorm room in 2013 and forced to navigate what she calls a “legal labyrinth” to seek justice, Nguyen founded ...

But for Amanda Nguyen, it's something she has to contend with twice a year – every six months, she must fight to keep her rape kit in the system. In some states, there are decades-long backlogs ...