Mulroy says crime labs are ‘state responsibility’ with focus on rape kits
Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy in his office Sept. 13, 2022. Mulroy says a backlog of rape kit testing in Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime labs is a “state responsibility” that should be resolved with more technicians who specifically test DNA. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy talks about the “horrific first week” of his term as the county’s chief prosecutor on “Behind The Headlines” and the two violent crime cases still reverberating a month later in criminal justice reform discussions.
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