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Pursuing Justice

Rape is among the most difficult crimes to prosecute. This is because the American justice… References and Footnotes"What Is a Rape Kit?” RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Sept. 19, 2015. ↩ "Why Testing Matters," Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Soraya Chemaly, "How Many of the Hundreds of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in the US Are in Your City?" The Huffington Post, Sept. 19, 2014. ↩ "Where the Backlog Exists." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩"Why Testing Matters." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Snow, Kate, and Rich McHugh, "Why Haven't 70,000 Rape Kits Been Tested for DNA?" NBC News. July 20, 2015, accessed on  Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Josh Earnest, "FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence against Women," The White House, Mar. 16, 2015, accessed on Sept. 19, 2015. ↩

Pursuing Justice

Rape is among the most difficult crimes to prosecute. This is because the American justice… References and Footnotes"What Is a Rape Kit?” RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Sept. 19, 2015. ↩ "Why Testing Matters," Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Soraya Chemaly, "How Many of the Hundreds of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in the US Are in Your City?" The Huffington Post, Sept. 19, 2014. ↩ "Where the Backlog Exists." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩"Why Testing Matters." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Snow, Kate, and Rich McHugh, "Why Haven't 70,000 Rape Kits Been Tested for DNA?" NBC News. July 20, 2015, accessed on  Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Josh Earnest, "FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence against Women," The White House, Mar. 16, 2015, accessed on Sept. 19, 2015. ↩