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That led to 49 new indictments. now cyrus vajsnce is leading an effort to bring that approach >> hi, harry. good to be here. >> first of all why are there these rape kid backlogs. >> i think it's principally a question of money. the backdrop is there are several hundred thousands untested rape kits sitting on shelves in warehouses or law enforcement facilities around the country some of which have been laying untested for decades. i think money mash the principal reason why there hasn't been an effort systematically state by state to identify the backlog, and then to test those kids. what i de...

Was to use $35 million of money we received through federal forfeiture, to commit to fund rape kit testing around the country. there are major cities with rape kid backlogs, places like detroit, cleveland houston they for money are not ability to get the job done. >> for a prosecutor this is unusual, and speaking to a national problem with a solution that's not ideal, right? you're doing this because you think it's necessary but ideally someone else in these lots or federally would be doing this? >> it is ultimately the responsibility of the states and the federal government working together t...