Esta ley habla sobre cómo se recoge la evidencia en casos de agresiones sexuales. Si alguien es víctima y no quiere reportarlo a la policía, aún puede recolectar pruebas de forma anónima.
Es como si alguien tuviera un problema de salud, pero no quisiera contarle a nadie. Aun así, puede ir al doctor, recibir tratamiento y guardar todo en secreto para decidir más adelante qué hacer.
Imagina que Ana fue víctima de una agresión sexual, pero no se siente lista para hablar con la policía. Durante su visita al médico, decide usar un kit de recolección anónima para que se guarden las pruebas, por si decide denunciar más tarde.
Va. Code § 19.2-11.5 - Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Anonymous physical evidence recovery kit" means a physical evidence recovery kit that is collected from a victim of sexual assault through a forensic medical examination where the victim elects, at the time of the examination, not to report the sexual assault offense to a law-enforcement agency. "Anonymous trace evidence collection kit" means a trace evidence collection kit that is collected from a victim of strangulation through a forensic medical examination where the victim elects, at the time of the examination, not to report the strangulation to a law-enforcement agency. "Department" means the Virginia Department of Forensic Science. "Division" means the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services of the Virginia Department of General Services. "Health care provider" means a health care provider as defined in § 8.01-581.1 that provides forensic medical examinations to victims of sexual assault. "Law-enforcement agency" means the state or local law-enforcement agency with the primary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual assault offense case and includes the employees of that agency. "Physical evidence recovery kit" means any evidence collection kit supplied by the Department to health care providers for use in collecting evidence from victims of sexual assault during forensic medical examinations or to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for use during death investigations to collect evidence from decedents who may be victims of sexual assault. "Sexual assault forensic examiner" means a health care provider who has completed the education and training recommended by the Virginia Forensic Nursing Advisory Council, approved by the Board of
Es un conjunto de herramientas que se usan para recoger pruebas de una agresión sexual sin que la víctima tenga que informar a la policía en ese momento.
Sí, la ley permite que las víctimas se sometan a exámenes y recojan pruebas sin necesidad de reportar el incidente a las autoridades de inmediato.
El examen debe ser realizado por un proveedor de salud capacitado, que tenga la formación necesaria para manejar este tipo de casos.
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