reporter: five years ago the fbi laboratory teamed up with the national institute of justice to tackleg problem dna kits taken after sexual assaults but never tested and the backlog numbered in the tens of thousands dating back nearly half a century. in 2014 the national institute of justice decided to do something about it. these are sexual assault kits that go back sometimes in to the 1970s and when i talked to the fbi laboratory i'd say like within 30 seconds it was like yeah, i think we might be able to help out. reporter: the bureau agreed to test backlogged kits from local agencies for free and create new methods to improve tests everywhere. nearly 4,000 kits were submitted from more than 20 states. heather lasalle who worked high profile cases and oversaw all of the fbi's records say the results speak for themselves. >> we've had over 800 hits to different cases. one of the cases that we got in as part of the project hit to six other cases. >> another murder. reporter: but real-world dna testing is nothing like what you see on tv. >> it has helped people to maybe sort of underst

working with the national institute of justice, the fbi reviewed 3600 kits from 20 states over four yearskers received new training in the hopes they'll stay on top of the work load. watch this. >> i have been involved in the field of science for 26 years. by far this has been the u most successful collaboration. >> dana: the laboratory began to tackle a growing problem. dna kits that had been taken after sexual assault but never tested. they numbered in the tens of thousands dating back nearly half a century. in 2014 the national institute of justice decided to do something about it. >> these are sexual assault cases that go back sometimes into the 1970s. when i talked to the fbi laboratory, i'd say within 30 seconds, it was like, yeah, i think we might be able to help. >> dana: the bureau agreed to test back logged kits from local agencies for free and create new methods to improve tests everywhere. nearly 4,000 kits were submitted from nearly 20 states. kevin lasalle who oversaw all of the fbi's efforts say the results speak for themselves. >> we've had over 800 hits to different cases

the national institute of justice found in a recent study having a criminal record reduces a person's chance of getting a job or call back or to college by 50%. other studies found 75% of people in paper prisons reported an arrest or conviction has prevented them from securing jobs and housing. this sensible legislation not only helps people escape from the cycles of poverty and re-incarceration, it will also save the state millions of dollars. under the current petition-based record clearance system each record cost the state over $3500 with automation the cost plummet to 4 cents per record. as a board we've always voted dozens of times for criminal justice reforms. as a city we have said to the world we must do better at instituting restorative justice. i want to thank my supervisors for co-sponsoring and hope you will join as co-sponsors to support this resolution for resolution that is a powerful expression of our san francisco values. today i'm introducing a legislation to update and strengthen our plastic bag ordinance. in 2017, my former boss introduced the first single-use pla

>> the national institute of justice inside ojp, funds a program that strengthens the medical examiner and coroner systems within our country in a variety of ways supporting forensics pathologists and there's an alarming shortage of pathologists across the country. opioid crisis has created an additional strain due to overdose deaths. one of the focuses of our grant money today is on medical examiners and coroners. we also provide grants directly to forensic laboratories to encourage their research and the focus of the grant is to make sure that they have all the tools they need to have effective forensic testing and that has a real impact on the dna backlogs across the country. if we can help them with their technology we can really reduce the backlog. that's one of our key things we are focused on. we have $105 million in this budget for dna related programs and we have $47.5 million to work on the backlog of the national sexual assault kit initiative and we want to make sure that that money is funded in the budget. it's very important to help the states and localities with the sexua

according to the most recent data from the national institute of justice, four in five american indian and alaska native women have experienced violence in their lifetime. but according to the way the maine indian claims settlement act has been interpreted by some, maine has been left out of the law. unfortunately, this has resulted in tribal victims of domestic violence in maine or alaska losing out on protections that have been extended to tribal victims of every federally recognize tribe in the country. the benefits other tripes have seen from allowing tribal jurisdiction over domestic violence cases include increased public safety -- 30 seconds? thank you, mr. chairman. the benefits other tribes have seen from allowing tribal jurisdiction over domestic violence cases include increased public safety for all those live og on tribal lands, increased conversations about domestic violence, updates to tribal criminal codes and increased collaboration among tribes and local, state -- and local and state governments. all of which has been elusive for the trives maine. today's bill will add

institution. she was seeking justice for god. by nations allegedly committed by a man who's already protected all of those things i think could be part of the reason for this reaction what protection to women in. all of the crime of sexual harassment. women don't get much protection in this situation there are no us and there's not a meet by parliament but there is a supreme court directive we should all taken private education institutions to take stringent measures to both prevent and punish that she writes and but unfortunately the vast majority of institutions haven't taken yet action on this and the government has taken no systematic actually to money so that i don't take action against those who seem to take steps and the really critical point is i think as you mentioned that women who seek protection against sexual violence have no protection themselves against threats and reprisals by offend as many who act actually with complicity of the law enforcement agencies to take out threats against women to seek justice but why is this continuing why is does this climate. continue to prosper why do people keep committing these c

secured justiced the coalition on homelessness, the council on american-islamic issues, faith and action bay area, green line institute, the harv harvey milk club, justice for mario woods, national center of lesbian rights. open privacy, san francisco democratic sobristsocialists of america, te transgender law center, i'm sure i've missed some from the letters they have in the file. but we received,sall of us, since about friday or thursday, a number of e-mails alleging that this legislation has been rushed. and i just want to clarify that this policy was introduced over two and a half months ago, and has been the subject of extensive reporting in virtually every local publication from the chronicle to the examiner, s.f. weekly, and the public press, and national and international press from the u.k. guardian to the atlantic. we've also heard from a lot of department heads, and i want to thank the various departments who have reached out to my office. and today i'm going to introduce a broad set of amendments. some of those are still in front of the city attorney and need to be approved as to form. i, quite to the contrary, do not want to rush the process. i'll introduce those and speak t

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