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I really didn't understand what was happening and then he had sexually assaulted me. I remember

waking up the next morning at the hotel that I went to. It was kind of a moment of

panic because I'm like wait did that seriously just happen? And so I started to like blame myself. Why did I

let something like this happen? I felt like nothing after that ever felt the same.

Everybody knows why you're there.

It felt like a walk of shame.

You have to expose yourself.

You're vulnerable.

You're getting pictures taking.

You're getting swabs done.

What if I needed you to find that person and stop this man? Why wait for me?

Why wait for my DNA so long? The voices you just heard are women who were raped. Beyond that, what they

tragically have in common is that the rapists have not yet been brought to justice.

Hello and welcome to the excerpt I'm Dana Taylor.

Today is Thursday September 19th 2024 and this is a special episode of the excerpt.

It's been nearly a decade since the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative,

or Saki, has been put into place a relatively new grant program that takes aim

at the decades old problem of unprocessed sexual assault kits.

Since its founding in 2015, Saki has handed out nearly $350 million in grant money

to 90 local and state agencies across the US, but for many rape survivors,

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