“With possibly hundreds of thousands of rape kits untested across the country, a number of states are proposing legislation to address backlogs that in at least one case dates back nearly three decades.

In Memphis, Tenn., alone, there are more than 12,000 untested rape kits going back to the 1980s, according to the New York-based Rape Kit Action Project, which has been tracking the backlogs nationwide. In the entire state of Texas, there are about 16,000 untested kits collecting dust in police evidence rooms.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Lucas L Johnson II / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/23/rape-kit-bills_n_4843670.html