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Untested Rape Kit Backlog Represents A 'Public Safety Issue' In U.S.

NPR
Published May 20, 2015 at 4:56 PM EDT

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with, Abigail Tracy, a reporter with the news site Vocativ, about the backlog of thousands of rape kits that have yet to be tested around the country.

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