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Outrageous. connie, im going to go to you. 13 years, three and a half years to wait for the match that is sitting there in the national database. why? you run a lab. >> i work in a crime laboratory. crime laboratories work at the onus of law enforcement submitting evidence to them to be tested. not every case gets submitted to us by law enforcement agencies. >> judge jeanine: but, right now, what linda is saying and what we know about l.a. is helenaverage called con tantly and there was an activ...

But usually its a situation where maybe you have a 19 or 20-year-old guy, hes got a 17-year-old girlfriend. they have sex and the mother goes to the police and arrest this man. there is a slap in the wrist on those cases. but lawrence taylor is 51 years old. shes 16. there is a claim she was beaten by a pimp. this is a lot more serious situation than the run of the mill case. >> 50 or 60 years ago, errol flynn, accused of having menage with two 15 or 16-year-old girls, his defense was hey, they ...

They do have that right to be able to just come to them. theres three different options. one, they can do a rape kit and call in investigators. two, they can just do the rape kit and hold the evidence there until victims feel if they want to move forward or not or number three, they can just offer counseling services. it is a great team in that area to assist the victims. >> so do they feel now that spring break women are in danger? >> well, you know, whats interesting about this is that a lot o...

Prove that the little that was tested prior to trial excluded him. the little that was tested, thanks to david protests during the first conviction appeals exclude him, and that it is just mind boggling that evidence preserved from the crime scene, 15 years later including the murder weapons, a rape kit, nail clippings from one of the victims, a male jacket that doesnt fit his size at all with sweat, hair, dna to this day is not tested. i mean, its just -- im convinced of his innocence not becau...

Thanks to daily protests, during the first conviction appeals exclude him. and it is just mind-boggling that evidence preserved from the crime scene, 15 years later, including the murder weapons, a rape kit, nail clippings from one of the victims, a male jacket that doesnt fit his size at all, with sweat, hair, dna, to this day is not tested. i mean, its just -- im convinced of his innocence not because i love him and hes my husband. im convinced of his innocence also because of the dna issue, t...

Rape kit and not a -- that kit went untested for more than 20 years and went from cold case to a frozen case and to make a long story short and it finally got tested, a man already in prison forth sex crimes was linked to her rape and she says she can finally breathe again, but what about the other 20,000 or so americans still holding their breath? look how many rape kits, crucial evidence, are still on police shelves. 10,000 in detroit and lavenias hometown of dallas, texas, more in those citie...

Why your rape test, that rape kit went untested? >> well, from my understanding it went untested because there was not enough evidence, so it was what you call, suspended is the terminology that the department used after three days my case was pretty much suspended and like you said, it went frozen from cold to frozen until the police department just decided to start an initiative back in 2006 to try and bring some sort of closure to these victims. >> but heres whats interesting. you were raped....

I know its not easy to talk about, but if you dont mind taking us back to when that rape happened and just explain to our viewers that may not understand, thats difficult enough, but then having to go through that process of a rape kit is traumatizing as well, right? >> yes, maam. it sure is. its like being re-victimized all over again. >> what do you remember about that? what -- you know, that moment? i know thats never left you. >> no, it has not. i remember the pain, the devastation, the humi...

Fact that you have accusations from two women unrelated, obviously, and clearly accusations at this point. when there are two people involved here, what does that mean in terms of the impact they have on each other? >> well, i think in most peoples minds that slightly enhances the credibility of each of them. the case that was filed last year was dismissed by a lot of people because that accuser never went to the police. she filed a civil case and did that a year after the alleged incident. she ...

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