Justice Forgotten

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Albuquerque New Mexico was like many cities in the country. For a myriad of reasons some reasonable and some due to gross misconduct the Crime Lab of the Albuquerque Police Department had 5000 untested rape kits in its lab. Five thousand. The new District Attorney for Bernalillo County enlisted the help of the private bar to prosecute defendants once identified by the lab as the tests were completed. Two young lawyers in Johnston & Blackwell PLC Jackie LaPointe and Rosalind McManus with the full backing of their firm were in the first wave of volunteers to bring justice to the victims who had been discarded by the system that was supposed to protect them. This is their story and the story of the district attorneys and officers of the ABQ Police Department Sex Crimes Unit who one by one made a difference in the lives of so many.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It would be better if there were pictures. Not great mind you but better.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-The author's book club</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's a good thing you say you're only writing these for yourself.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-The author's best friend</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>If this were an audio tape you could sell it as a cure for insomnia and finally make some money.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-The author's wife</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>I bought one as a favor to my father and got charged for six. I didn't dare hurt his feelings but I can say with certainty the other five made great kindling.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-The author's daughter</span></p><p></p>