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Between mike harris and dan mccready. a review of ballots revealed many were signed by the same small group of people. some connected to a long time operative working for harris' campaign. >> a set of 161 absentee ballots op obtained by cnn shows the same people signed at least ten absentee ballots each and many of those nine people seemed to know each other. only the voter or near relative can hand in an absentee ballot. the republican operative denied any wrongdoing. mccready conceded after harris won by 905 votes. the city of springfield police chief promising to do better. rape kit destr...

The republican operative denied any wrongdoing. mccready conceded after harris won by 905 votes. the police chief in springfield, missouri is promising to do better. following the investigation, paul williams is apologizing to the sex assault victims after rape kit destruction was a regular practice. he invited victims to contact him if they felt their cases were not conducted appropriately. >> he will no longer give the victims ten days to respond to investigators or face closure of the cases. this is by no means limited to springfield. more than two dozen law enforcement agencies destroyed...

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. fayetteville's police chief said the department major a huge mistake by destroying hundreds of rape kits over a decade ago. >> i've never ever heard of other police departments going public and saying we've destroyed this...

Of the sex abuse chases. keeping the -- cases. keeping the names under wraps is providing them their rights under the state constitution. the state's bishops can and should release the names. the august grand jury report detailed decades of sexual abuse cases against children. the police chief in springfield, missouri, promising to do better with the response to sex crimes cases following a cnn investigation. paul williams apologizing after rape kit destruction was a regular practice. williams invited victims to contact him if they felt the assaults were not investigated properly. >> he says...