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Backlog? >> the funding has been anywhere between $159 to $116 million a year, this year for 2014, its funded for $125 million. each rape kit is roughly $950 to $1,500 to process. we will be pushing very hard to introduce the bill, pass it, and have it funded. governments main purpose is to protect its citizens, and certainly, this bill and the processing of dna rape kits, protects women more than any other action that a government could take protects them from sexual violence, so its incredibly...

Through drawers, files, boxes to no avail. then barry clark, one of lowerys lawyers, asks the riley county clerk to search one more time. >> and being the great lady she is, she said, sure. and she scrounged around the courthouse. >> a few days later in the back of a walk-in vault, the clerk gets on her hands and knees to reach an envelope hiding in a back corner. >> she called me and she said, i found an envelope tucked in the back of the vault where it has been sitting for 20 years. and in tha...

Whats happened to this woman. shes been widely ridiculed. they make a big part of the fact that she had sex had we are boyfriend the same night that she went to the bar and got picked up and taken to the apartment of james winston. you know, this -- and shes dropped out of school as a result. so, exactly what the cop said in january has come true. bill, this is an outrage. im telling you. and miggs, that state attorney, an fsu grad and undergraduate and an fsu grad in law school, a big booster o...

Whats happened to this woman. shes been widely ridiculed. they make a big part of the fact that she had sex had we are boyfriend the same night that she went to the bar and got picked up and taken to the apartment of james winston. you know, this -- and shes dropped out of school as a result. so, exactly what the cop said in january has come true. bill, this is an outrage. im telling you. and miggs, that state attorney, an fsu grad and undergraduate and an fsu grad in law school, a big booster o...

I was still in shock from everything that had happened and i was cussing and screaming at anybody that tried to come close to me, i was swinging at them. >> brad dennis of klaas kids who helped to rescue shauna said the staff misread the situation. >> what i saw was a very scared, terrorized girl. thats what i saw. someone that had immediately put up her defenses because heres a situation that maybe she had a little bit of control over. >> it was just a nightmare. the hospital got angry because ...

Prosecutor to investigate the alleged rape of two teenaged girls by a group of boys who were initially let off the hook. the details of the case out of maryville an hour and a half north of kansas city are absolutely horrific. the girls, who were 13 and 14 at the time, say they were drinking alcohol and watching scary movies last january when they snuck out to meet up with a 17-year-old football player. one of the girls, stacy coleman, says the boy drove the pair to a small party in his basement...

With regard to the sexual assault. >> nischelle turner cant get to sleep at might for the number of cases she has to cover of celebrities. it makes me wonder when you have a he said, versus she said and not a lot of other evidence to back it up, are the authorities less likely to go after a celebrity because it is so much more punishing to them just to be accused? >> i dont think so. i think here they may be more likely to pursue the ecstasy charge because they dont want to have the accusation a...

Were initially let off the hook. the details of the case out of maryville an hour and a half north of kansas city are absolutely horrific. the girls, who were 13 and 14 at the time, say they were drinking alcohol and watching scary movies last january when they snuck out to meet up with a 17-year-old football player. one of the girls, stacy coleman, says the boy drove the pair to a small party in his basement where he handed her a tall glass of clear alcohol, urged her to drink it, and thats whe...

That was her testimony. how difficult will it be to prosecute this case? >> there are other facts. there were allegedly videos taken and other witnesses there. >> a rape kit. >> sunny brought this up -- >> that proves sex. missouris law is a little bit unusual. this will not be a statutory rape case only a forcible rape case. there is evidence of sex but they have to prove lack of consent. >> sunny? >> i dont know if a girl is inebriated i dont think its that difficult to prove lack of consent. ...

Prosecute this case? >> there are other facts. there were allegedly videos taken and there are other witnesses there. but unfortunately -- >> a rape kit. >> sunny brought this up -- that proves sex. missouris law is a little bit unusual. this will not be a statutory rape case only a forcible rape case. and thats it. youre right. there is evidence of sex but they have to prove lack of consent. >> sunny? >> thats right. and i dont know if a girl is completely inebriated i dont think its that diffi...