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And i think that thats important, and the right thing to do, in this case, would be to step down. >> charles, what about the lieutenant governor? i mean, obviously, this is a different situation than the governor and the attorney general is facing, but certainly for the democratic party, its -- he would be second in line if the governor were to step down. >> well, of the three, two have admitted to doing the thing that theyre accused of doing, right? so theres a slightly different category. this...

Governor and the attorney general is facing, but certainly for the democratic party, its -- he would be second in line if the governor were to step down. >> well, of the three, two have admitted to doing the thing that theyre accused of doing, right? so theres a slightly different category. this is very, a tricky situation, because it is one persons word against another, even in her statement, she doesnt say that there were witnesses around. im not even sure what an investigation would yield. th...

He said he had to leave the room and he came back and he had three of his friends with him. i told them no, i told them thats not what i wanted. i was fearful that if i made a noise or fought back that something worse would happen. so i just laid there and took it until it was over. the guy that i had consented to was laying next to me and i just asked him to take me home. >> reporter: christine says her roommate found her distraught and in tears and encouraged her to report the rape. every time...

>> reporter: cnn found hundreds of rape kits trashed long before statutes of limitations expired. this woman is one of the 333 victims in fayetteville, north carolina, whose rape kit was destroyed. shes asked to remain anonymous. >> why were they destroyed? >> we were just clearing up space in the evidence room. >> reporter: fayetteville offer to reinvestigates cases like christines. it started with a girls night out at a local bar in 2007. christine and some friend had been drinking and ran int...

Systemic problem of rape kits being destroyed. once that dna evidence is gone, it can never be used to lock up a rapist or exonerate the wrongfully convicted. cnn looked at more than 1,400 sex crime cases and investigations and discovered rape kit destruction all across the country since 2010. i spoke to a woman in fayetteville, north carolina, whose rape kit was destroyed. fayettevilles police chief said the department major a huge mistake by destroying hundreds of rape kits over a decade ago...

Terrified. i didnt have any words. i didnt say anything to him. i just asked him to take me home. >> reporter: she says her roommate found her distraught and in tears and encouraged her to report the rape. every time a rape kit is collected the victims body is treated as the crime scene. a nurse asks questions like did he ejaculate inside of you. did he kiss you, lick you. for three to five hours the nurse swabs the mouth, breast, scrapes under fingernails, comb pubic hair, using blue dye to ill...

>> i had to find way to cope. >> reporter: this woman is one of the 333 victims in fayet fayettevil fayetteville, north carolina whose rape kit was destroyed. we referred to her as christine. >> i was right here when i got the call when the case was re-opened. >> reporter: that call was in 2015. >> i felt we had a lot of rapes that were workable. the evidence needed to be sent off. unfortunately when i came looking for the evidence it was no longer here. >> why were they destroyed? >> we were ju...

Going out to put his garbage in his can and sees the knife in there. he immediately calls his police department and thats when they find the neighbors who said, yeah, they saw the night before some other car come up and heard a thump and somebody saw somebody throwing something in his can and leave. it wasnt shannon. no identification was made about that. >> reporter: just a dark figure in a hoodie. >> thats correct. >> reporter: was the knife planted? theres no proof either way, but it was test...

Book "the case against impeaching trump" and joins us tonight. thanks for coming on, professor. >> thank you. >> tucker: you heard specific legal claim that it is now the law in the united states that, and im quoting, "a womans word is enough." thats it. is that true? >> technically it is true, the law was changed some years ago, and i think it was a good change, that you dont need corroboration to make a case. so that if a woman, who was raped, immediately goes to the hospital, gets a rape kit,...

Investigate it. today on "the view" some one identified as a legal analyst said when it comes to sexual assault, due process plays no role. watch this. >> after 40 years we finally changed the law. we finally said a womans word is fluff. ive taken many cases to trial with just a womans kword. -- word. >> every single woman needs to be heard. more often than not women are correct. but, sonny, you are insinuating that evidence doesnt matter. as a lawyer, evidence should always matter. >> it is evi...