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Nov 9, 2021 · Updated: Nov 9, 2021 / 04:27 PM EST. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — 32-years after a crime that made headlines, Debbie Smith came face to face with her attacker in prison. The Williamsburg resident...
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. Would you tell me the story about what happened to you?
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WRIC) -- 32-years after a crime that made headlines, Debbie Smith came face to face with her attacker in prison. The Williamsburg resident became known nationwide after she was a victim of a brutal rape in her own backyard, endured an embarrassing courtroom battle that put DNA evidence to the test and wrote the law for ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Washington, D.C. —Last night, the U.S. Senate voted to renew the Debbie Smith Act, a law that, to date, is responsible for aiding hundreds of thousands of investigations in America. The bill provides critical funding to public crime laboratories to efficiently and swiftly test DNA evidence, including rape kits.
Sep 6, 2019 · - Rep. Ann Wagner. “The Debbie Smith Act has helped bring justice to so many victims. It has also helped take thousands of serial rapists off the streets, which has prevented countless sexual assaults,” said Scott Berkowitz, president and founder of RAINN.
Sep 8, 2019 · Evidence finally tested. Suspect identified and convicted. Her story helped inspire the federal Debbie Smith Act, first passed in 2004, to provide funding for testing and training to eliminate the vast backlog of untested DNA and rape kit evidence across the country.
