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Updated: 11:31 PM EDT May 18, 2021 The Associated Press More than half of the untested sexual assault kits recently accounted for in law enforcement evidence lockers across North Carolina have now been tested or are awaiting testing at private labs, Attorney General Josh Stein said on Tuesday.Giving an update with legislators on the implementation of a 2019 law that set aside $6 million to test many of the kits, Stein said whittling down the backlog has resulted in at least 40 arrests, delivering justice to survivors of sexual assault. Stein said another $9 million is needed from legislators to eliminate the backlog entirely. “Each kit comes from a person who suffered a terrible trauma and then willingly provided evidence . we owe it to them to test their kits.” Stein said at a Legislative Building news conference. “The General Assembly and law enforcement agencies across the state have made incredible progress in tackling this problem. But we have to k

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