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Rape Kits Testing Milestone; Graduation Requirements Update

The last of Cuyahoga County's languishing rape evidence kits has been tested. We'll talk about what clearing the backlog means, and how testing has changed the way rape cases and victims are treated by the justice system. Then, an update on the push to lower new graduation standards and the pushback.

Darrielle Snipes, Ideastream, Reporter/Producer  
Rick Bell, Special Investigations Division Chief, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, 
Patrick O’Donnell, Reporter, The Plain Dealer   
Jim Lloyd, Ph.D., Superintendent, Olmsted Falls City Schools  
Jeff Blanchard, Comedian  
 

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