Afte Court Case

On a gloomy Saturday morning, a badly bruised and distraught Sally Richards stumbled into the doors of UC’s medical hospital, seeking assistance for the terrible incident that she experienced the night before. Standing in front of the triage desk, Sally explained to the hospital secretary how she was sexually assaulted and possibly raped by her ex-boyfriend the night before. Quickly, the hospital secretary called an expedient nurse from the back room and in a flash, Sally was suddenly brought to a private room. With Sally being instructed into the room, she noticed an individual standing across the medical room, who she later learned would be her advocate throughout her examination and during her court case. Throughout the duration of her stay, though distraught, Sally cooperated with the SANE nurses, especially with the physical evidence collection.
Waiting for her aunt to pick her up, Sally knew that she would go through much stress with her case. But, she hoped that she would receive the justice that she deserved. Sally’s ordeal, just like over 293,066 rape and sexual assault victims age 12 or older , is what usually occurs when visiting a SANE nurse or a SART team. With over 68% of sexual assault cases being left unreported (2), SANEs and SARTs are an important component of court cases when dealing with collecting physical evidence in rape kits. Even though the task of being a SANE seems like a tedious occupation, the collecting of evidence to bring justice to victims is nothing less than satisfying. With this type of humane appeal, what is a SANE/SART, how does an individual become a SANE, what are their tasks and how do they assist the legal