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Rape Kit Examination Leads to Solving Crimes

On tonight’s Law & Order: SVU, police will discover thousands of unexamined rape kits—a chilling premise that’s not just fiction. Linda Fairstein on how the real backlog could solve countless crimes.

Linda Fairstein
Linda Fairstein
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Cast of Law & Order: SVU. (Photo: Will Hart / NBC)
Linda Fairstein

Linda Fairstein

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