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Susan Crawford: “Brad Shimmel had a backlog of 6,000 [sexual assault] cases…”

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

Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez Jan. 10, 2025

Published January 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:03

DNA testing can be done so that the perpetrator can be found and prosecuted. Well, Brad Shimmel had a backlog of 6,000 [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. (15:03–15:10)

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Asserts that Brad Shimmel, as state attorney general, had a backlog of 6,000 untested sexual assault kits.

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