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# Police Departments Get $79M To Test Backlogged Rape Kits

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## Video: Police Departments Get $79M To Test Backlogged Rape Kits

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_Published 2015-09-11. Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the funding that will be used to test about 70,000 rape kits from 27 states._


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## Transcript

The federal government and New York City are giving $ 79, 000, 000 in grants to police jurisdictions around the country to test backlogged rape kits. Vice President Jo Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the Department of Justice will set aside $ 41, 000, 000. and Manhattans district attorneys office will give $ 38 million. The money will fund testing of about 70, 000 rape kits from 27 states, many of which have been sitting in warehouses for years. Testing rape kits should be an absolute priority for the United States of America. It works, It matters, it brings closure, it brings justice, and that's why we're here.

A rape kit is a forensic examination a survivor may choose to undergo, and is a tool to catch perpetrators of sexual assault. During the four to six hour exam, a doctor or nurse collects evidence, such as DNA. Although the contents collected vary from state to state. In most cases forensic labs have struggled to test rape kits due to lack of money and not enough staff. This is why the grants are so important. Las Vegas alone has more than 6, 000 rape kits waiting to be tested, a backlog that could have taken more than 60 years to catch up with. Now with the $ 5. 6 million, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's forensics lab can clear it in as little as three years.

When 10, 000 untested rape kits were found in a forgotten Detroit Police warehouse in 2009 they desperately turned to private donations for help. Five years later, all rape kits have been tested, and now prosecution efforts are slowly on the way. So the work isn't done but this is a huge milestone in terms of making positive progress. And Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said the money is only the beginning. He told NBC we have to completely reverse the approach that led us to have unsolved rape kits in storage units all around the country. It's a disgrace. How it got to that point, I can't answer.

But I do know that we can solve it.

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