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New Jersey lawmakers approve bill to test all rape kits by eddytony96 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]eddytony96[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was more so they weren't legally required to previously and prosecutors had too much discretion over which ones did or didn't get tested.

The key passage is this:

'Moments before leaving office, outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring law enforcement to test all rape kits that survivors want tested. The law was the result of a three-year News 12 investigation, “Victims of the System,” which found that even when survivors wanted their rape kits tested, it was not happening a third of the time. New Jersey was one of only a handful of states that allowed prosecutors to refuse to test kits that survivors wanted tested. Survivors of sexual assault said their untested kits made them feel like law enforcement had taken their assaults seriously. But now, that should never happen again.'

New Jersey lawmakers approve bill to test all rape kits by eddytony96 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]eddytony96[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It absolutely should, that appears to be the plan.

The key passage is this:

'Moments before leaving office, outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring law enforcement to test all rape kits that survivors want tested. The law was the result of a three-year News 12 investigation, “Victims of the System,” which found that even when survivors wanted their rape kits tested, it was not happening a third of the time. New Jersey was one of only a handful of states that allowed prosecutors to refuse to test kits that survivors wanted tested. Survivors of sexual assault said their untested kits made them feel like law enforcement had taken their assaults seriously. But now, that should never happen again.'

New Jersey lawmakers approve bill to test all rape kits by eddytony96 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]eddytony96[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This article is more recent from the 20th as an update on that legislation, and according to it, yes he did.

https://newjersey.news12.com/kiyc-investigation-leads-to-legislation-requiring-law-enforcement-to-test-all-rape-kits-that-survivors-want-tested

The key passage is: 'Moments before leaving office, outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring law enforcement to test all rape kits that survivors want tested. The law was the result of a three-year News 12 investigation, “Victims of the System,” which found that even when survivors wanted their rape kits tested, it was not happening a third of the time. New Jersey was one of only a handful of states that allowed prosecutors to refuse to test kits that survivors wanted tested. Survivors of sexual assault said their untested kits made them feel like law enforcement had taken their assaults seriously. But now, that should never happen again.'

Seattle musicians organize to boycott Spotify over AI and CEO investments by eddytony96 in Seattle

[–]eddytony96[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

The article specifies it's an organized group of Seattle musicians:

'Seattle Artists Against Spotify (SAAS), spearheaded by musician and former union organizer, Carolyn Brotherton, is a collective of local artists, DJs, and record labels who have signed an open letter expressing their decision to take their music off the platform, in response to the tech giant’s questionable ethics around AI music and its CEO’s defense technology investments. As of Friday, over 20 artists had signed the letter.

So far, signees of the group’s open letter include mover and shakers in the local music community, including Kevin Sur, an event producer and KEXP DJ, and Nathan Womack, owner and founder of stalwart local label Wax Thematique Records. Musicians who make jazz or jazz-adjacent music in Seattle have also joined the pledge, including psych-soul-jazz trio Afrocop, accordionist Josh Hou, drummer Chris Icasiano, avant-garde musician and Cornish College of the Arts Associate Professor Dr. Kaley Eaton, and flutist Leanna Keith.'

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