basically funds and support for jurisdictions around the country to do this. new york had already dealt with its backlog. and then congress stepped up with this federal funding partly spurred by that. this is an issue where a lot of local jurisdictions don t have the funds or the wherewithal or the forethought to put aside the technical resources to do this. liz, how many cities are we talking about that may get this money? i m hoping as many cities as possible. i think $41 million is a lot of money. but every rain kit it s about $1,000 to test. so it is a lot of money. but it s important that we test them and use the evidence that we have and that we signal to women who are survivors of this kind of violence not only that it s important to report it, most rains go unreported. but also that they will find justice. this 70,000 number of the backlog, the untested kits out there, how accurate do you think
evidence there is, and in this case but if it s sexual assault, isn t it sexual assault? yes, it is, however sometimes you can have situations where if there is not a lot of evidence, they may work out a deal. this was a jury conviction and he was looking at 20 years in prison and $10,000 fine, and the jury recommended eight years of straight probation and the judge said i am sending him to jail for 180 days. he will have a ten-year probationary tail, and he can be sent back to prison for the maximum time. it does sound light. six months does sound light for this case when you read the statement and hear the details of the assault. and they found the baylor, the university he transferred into, never examined the rain kit ever that was administered on this victim. legally, danny, was baylor
mishandling the rain scandal and the university did investigate the rain but suspended the case without looking at any of the medical evidence, including the victim s rain kit. in a statement to the media, baylor university said after consideration of the preponderance of evidence a decision was rendered to move or not move forward to a full discipline terry hearing and the police said there was not enough evidence to make an arrest and they sent the report to prosecutors that brought the case to a grand jury. he was finally indicted in late june of 2014 eight months after the incident, and speaking to reporters before friday s practice, baylor s coach said he followed protocol. i mean, nobody is going to do that, bring somebody with a prior conviction or even really an allegation. like i said, we made our
congress is taking new action to combat a shocking problem. more than $4400,000 rain kits remain unused across the country. congress cleared $5 million the clear the backlog, and that includes $36 million already in the budget. it includes photo evidence and rain kit evidence when a rain victim seeks medical treatment. ronan farrow spoke with one woman whose rain kit had sat for nine years. i had been attacked in my home, so i consented of the invasive procedure of invasion of my body. some liken it as another assau assault. it was. the biggest city with a ba