Maryland Gov. Wes Moore talks about a new statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits at a news conference on Thursday, June, 20, 2024 in Annapolis, Md. From left to right are Moore, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, state Sen. Shelly Hettleman, Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger, and advocates Angela Wharton and Lisae Jordan, executive director of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. (AP Photo/ Brian Witte)
Angela Wharton praises the announcement of a new statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits at a news conference on Thursday, June, 20, 2024 in Annapolis, Md. Wharton was raped in 1996 in Baltimore and found out more than 20 years later that evidence including her untested rape kit had been destroyed. From left to right are Wharton, Gov. Wes Moore, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and state Sen. Shelly Hettleman. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)