TIME profiles Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy

Jul 17, 2014 at 10:28 am

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Kym Worthy, Wayne County prosecutor

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is featured in the upcoming issue of TIME Magazine about her push to clear the backlog of untested rape kits, something that has remained an issue for years now.

Written by TIME reporter Charlotte Alter, Worthy says int he piece: "I call sexual assault the stepchild of violent crime. There needs to be a global shift, a culture change surrounding [rape.]

If you have access, you can read the entire piece on TIME's website now. If not, the story will run in the magazine's July 28 issue.

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Ryan Felton

Ryan Felton was born in 1990 and spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Livonia. In 2009, after a short stint at Eastern Michigan University, he moved to Detroit where he has remained ever since. After graduating from Wayne State University’s journalism program, he went on to work as a staff writer...