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Report: At least 70k rape kits untested in U.S. police depts
A new investigation by the USA Today Media Network shows that at least 70,000 rape kits remain untested in 1,000 U.S. police departments. The report discovered police departments in 34 states have never taken an inventory of evidence lying untested on shelves, and police in 44 states lack guidelines of when to test rape kits. Reporter Steve Reilly from USA Today joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.
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