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And i think that that's 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, it's -- 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 they're accused of doing, right? so there's a slightly different category. this is very, a tricky situation, because it is one person's word against another, even in her state...

Governor and the attorney general is facing, but certainly for the democratic party, it's -- 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 they're accused of doing, right? so there's a slightly different category. this is very, a tricky situation, because it is one person's word against another, even in her statement, she doesn't say that there were witnesses around. i'm not even sure what an investigation would yield. there was no report, there was no rape kit. so it becomes, you know -- there's no reason to not ...

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 that's 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 a rape kit is collected, the victim's body is treated as the crime scene. a nurse asks questions l...

>> 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. she's 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 christine's. it started with a girl's night out at a local bar in 2007. christine and some friend had been drinking and ran into guys they had seen around town. >> i regret leaving with one of them who i thought was a nice g...

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...