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Susan Crawford: “When [Brad Schimmel] was attorney general, there was a…”

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

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Why the press conference and what information were you sharing with voters? You know, we were sharing information about Brad Simmel's failed record on protecting victims of sexual assault. When [Brad Schimmel] was attorney general, there was a backlog of 6,000 untested sexual assault kits. They need to be tested for DNA. He got two or he got nine of them tested in two years out of a backlog of over 6,000. (00:52–00:59)

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