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Susan Crawford: “Brad Schimmel had a backlog of 6,000 of those [sexual…”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

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WCPT 820 Interview_ Judge Susan Crawford

Published | Video Starts at 12:32

And that evidence is gathered by a nurse and put into a kit for safekeeping so that it can be tested. DNA testing can be done so that the perpetrator can be found and prosecuted. Well, Brad Schimmel had a backlog of 6,000 of those [sexual assault] cases and failed to get them tested. You know, I don't know whether it was incompetence or just deliberate disregard for the priorities of the office, but he didn't get it done. (12:32–12:39)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel did not test a backlog of 6,000 sexual assault cases.

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