Advances in DNA testing have revolutionized the criminal justice system, exonerating the wrongly convicted and identifying suspects in cases stalled for years due to insufficient evidence.

Of course, those revelations only happen if the DNA is actually tested. Last year, police and sheriff officials in Los Angeles acknowledged a backlog of nearly 8,000 untested evidence kits collected from rape and sexual assault victims. While the LAPD has cut that number roughly in half, many thousands of kits remain untested, leaving victims in limbo and perpetrators on the street.

In this episode of Law in 10, Professor Jan Stiglitz discusses what this situation says about law enforcement resources and priorities. Stiglitz serves as Co-Director of the California Innocence Project, located at California Western.