What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit | Kym Worthy

Translator: Polona Ramšak Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

In 2009, in August, my office weathered two major scandals.

Avgusta leta 2009 sta mojo pisarno doletela dva velika škandala.

The first was the arrest, trying and conviction

Prvi je bil aretacija, sojenje in obsodba

and subsequent incarceration of Detroit's very popular mayor.

ter kasneje zapor zelo priljubljenega detroitskega župana.

The second caused the Detroit police department crime lab to be closed.

Drugi je povzročil, da se je zaprl laboratorij detroitske policije.

I thought nothing else could go wrong.

Mislila sem si, da se ne more zgoditi nič več.

And then the phone rang.

Potem je zazvonil telefon.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

It was the deputy chief of my special victim's unit,

Bil je namestnik načelnika moje enote za posebne primere,

who was breathless on the other end of the line.

ves zadihan na drugi strani žice.

He said, "Boss, you are never going to believe what I just saw."

Rekel je: "Šefica, nikoli ne boš verjela, kaj sem pravkar videl."

I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach,

V želodcu sem imela kamen,

because I knew instinctively

ker sem instinktivno vedela,

that Detroit was getting ready to suffer its third major scandal,

da bo Detroit utrpel še tretji veliki škandal

in just over one year.

v enem samem letu.

He told me that he had just visited what he thought was an abandoned warehouse

Povedal mi je, da je pravkar obiskal, kar je mislil, da je zapuščeno skladišče,

where the Detroit police department was storing evidence.

kjer detroitska policija shranjuje dokaze.

Inside were 11,341 abandoned,

Notri je bilo 11 341 zapuščenih,

untested rape kits.

netestiranih vzorcev posilstev.

Some of them went back to the 1980s.

Nekateri so bili iz osemdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja.

And some of them now are over 40 years old.

Nekateri so zdaj stari več kot 40 let.

These kits were spilling out of large, black garbage bags

Ti vzorci so se usipali iz velikih črnih vreč za smeti

and empty oil drums.

in praznih naftnih sodov.

Each kit represented a victim,

Vsak vzorec je predstavljal žrtev,

mostly a female,

večinoma žensko,

that had suffered a violent sexual assault.

ki je pretrpela nasilen spolni napad.

Each of them voluntarily endured an hours-long rape kit process,

Vsaka med njimi je prostovoljno prestala ure dolg proces jemanja vzorcev

with the hopes that as a result of that they would find their perpetrator.

v upanju, da bodo kot rezultat tega našli storilca.

And unbeknownst to all of them, all 11,341,

In brez vednosti vseh 11 341

those kits were never tested.

ti vzroci nikoli niso bili testirani.

I cannot even begin to describe -- oh!

Sploh ne morem niti začeti opisovati ...

And by the way, before I move on,

In mimogrede, preden nadaljujem,

in the interim of those 40 years,

v času teh 40 let

those perpetrators were allowed to continue to offend with impunity.

so tisti storilci smeli nekaznovano nadaljevati s kaznivimi dejanji.

I cannot tell you or describe to you how outraged, mad and angry I was.

Ne morem vam povedati ali opisati, kako ogorčena, besna in jezna sem bila.

I myself was a victim of sexual assault,

Tudi sama sem bila žrtev spolnega napada

back many decades ago, when I was in law school.

pred mnogo desetletji, ko sem bila na pravni fakulteti.

I also am the mother of three girls, a 21-year-old and nine-year-old twins.

Tudi sama sem mati treh deklet, 21-letnice in devetletnih dvojčic.

I was even more horrified to learn -- if I could be more horrified --

Še bolj sem bila zaprepaščena - če je to sploh mogoče - ko sem izvedela,

that the oldest of those kits --

da je najstarejši od vzorcev,

one of the oldest of those kits -- belonged to an eight-year-old girl.

eden od najstarejših vzorcev, pripadal osemletni deklici.

I'm going to tell you her story, but I'm going to call her Natasha.

Povedala vam bom njeno zgodbo, a imenovala jo bom Nataša.

On January 2, 1990, Natasha was at home and a man knocked on her door.

2. januarja 1990 je bila Nataša doma, ko je neki moški potrkal na njena vrata.

This man was familiar with her neighborhood

Ta moški je poznal njeno soseščino

and was familiar with the comings and goings of her family,

in prihode in odhode njene družine,

but Natasha did not know him.

Nataša pa ga ni poznala.

He told her that her grandmother, the only mother that she had ever known,

Povedal ji je, da je njena stara mama, edina mama, ki jo je kdaj poznala,

had been in a terrible accident

imela strašno nesrečo

and was laying on a couch in his house, calling for her.

in leži na kavču v njegovi hiši ter jo kliče.

Terrified that Natasha was going to lose her grandmother, she went with him.

Nataša, prestrašena, da bo izgubila staro mamo, je šla z njim.

But of course, we all know her grandmother was not there.

A seveda vsi vemo, da njena stara mama ni bila tam.

Once he had isolated Natasha, who was eight years old,

Ko je izoliral Natašo, ki je imela osem let,

he began to rape her violently.

jo je začel divje posiljevati.

He raped her with his mouth, his fingers and his penis.

Posiljeval jo je z usti, prsti in penisom.

And he even forced his penis into her mouth.

Svoj penis je celo na silo potisnil v njena usta.

When he was done, he ordered Natasha to get dressed,

Ko je končal, je Nataši ukazal, naj se obleče,

he got dressed himself,

se tudi sam oblekel

and he put a blindfold across her head.

in ji prevezal oči.

And walked her to a factory area on the edge of the neighborhood.

Peljal jo je do industrijske cone na robu soseščine.

He asked her if she knew -- he removed the blindfold,

Vprašal jo je, ali ve - odstranil ji je prevezo

and asked her if she knew how to get home from there.

in jo vprašal, če pozna pot domov.

And when she indicated that she did, he let her go and he walked off.

In ko je nakazala, da jo pozna, jo je spustil in odšel.

Natasha's rape was reported immediately,

Natašino posilstvo je bilo takoj prijavljeno

and a rape kit was done.

in vzeli so vzorce.

Now, the rape kit process terrifies and traumatizes adult women.

Jemanje vzorcev posilstva prestraši in travmatizira še odrasle ženske.

Can you imagine what it was like for a little second-grader,

Si lahko predstavljate, kako je bilo učenki drugega razreda,

who still wore pigtails and still believed in Santa Claus,

ki je še nosila čopke in verjela v Božička,

going through this exam?

prestati ta pregled?

Natasha's kit sat on the shelf in that abandoned warehouse

Natašin vzorec je ležal na polici v tistem opuščenem skladišču

for 26 years.

26 let.

Pamela, 19 years old --

Pamela, stara 19 let,

I'll call her Pamela, that's not her real name --

rekla ji bom Pamela, čeprav to ni njeno pravo ime,

nineteen years old, was walking down the street

devetnajstletnica je hodila po cesti,

after she had come from visiting her boyfriend.

ko je odhajala od obiska svojega fanta.

She was grabbed from behind,

Bila je zagrabljena od zadaj

and she felt what she thought was a gun, in her side.

in mislila je, da na svojem boku čuti pištolo.

She was taken to an abandoned house,

Odpeljal jo je v opuščeno hišo,

to a bedroom in that house, that was filled with trash.

v spalnico hiše, ki je bila polna odpadkov.

Every time she tried to resist,

Vsakič, ko se je poskusila upreti,

he would hit her about the face and the head.

jo je udaril po obrazu in glavi.

He violently raped her on the floor of that bedroom

Brutalno jo je posilil na tleh tiste spalnice,

that was filled with garbage.

ki je bila polna smeti.

When he was done,

Ko je končal,

he put on his clothes,

se je oblekel,

he stole her money, and he just walked away.

ji ukradel denar in odšel.

Pamela also reported her rape right away.

Tudi Pamela je takoj prijavila posilstvo.

She also had a rape kit done.

Tudi njej so vzeli vzorec.

And like Natasha's, her kit sat on the shelf for 15 years.

In enako kot Natašin je njen vzorec 15 let ležal na polici.

Now, criminals, like people who raped Natasha and Pamela,

Kriminalci, kot sta človeka, ki sta posilila Natašo in Pamelo,

often leave their DNA at a crime scene.

na kraju zločina pogosto pustijo DNA.

But for a rape victim, their body is the crime scene.

A pri žrtvah posilstva je kraj zločina njihovo telo.

So many elect to go through this hours-long rape kit process

Zato se mnoge odločijo, da bodo prestale ta ure dolgi postopek,

that requires every inch and orifice of a victim's body

ki zahteva, da se vsak centimeter in odprtina žrtvinega telesa

to be combed, swabbed and photographed.

prečeše, vzame brise in fotografira.

All right after a violent sexual assault.

In to vse takoj po brutalnem spolnem napadu.

The reason that most people do this, who have a rape kit,

Razlog, zakaj večina ljudi na to pristane, na jemanje vzorcev,

is because they want the forensic scientists to study that rape kit.

je, ker želijo, da forenzični strokovnjaki preučijo vzorce,

And hopefully come up with a genetic profile

učajoč, da bodo našli genetski profil,

that will help identify their perpetrator.

s katerim bodo lahko identificirali storilca.

Once forensic scientists come up with this genetic profile,

Ko forenziki ugotovijo genetski profil,

they enter it into CODIS, hopefully have a match.

ga vnesejo v CODIS in upajo na zadetek.

CODIS is filled with DNA profiles of people who are arrested

CODIS je poln DNA profilov ljudi, ki so bili aretirani

and/or convicted of certain prescribed offenses.

in/ali obtoženi določenih prestopkov.

If in fact a profile is made and entered into CODIS,

Če profil dejansko ustvarijo in ga vnesejo v CODIS,

it can help identify a perpetrator in the matter of minutes.

lahko pomaga identificirati storilca v nekaj minutah.

CODIS stands for Combined DNA Index System.

Kratica CODIS pomeni Kombinirani DNA indeksni sistem.

Now, how did we get here?

In kako je prišlo do tega?

Detroit had no money.

Detroit ni imel denarja.

It cost, at that time that these kits were found,

Ko so bili vzorci najdeni, bi to stalo

up to 1,500 dollars per kit to have it tested.

do 1500 dolarjev na vzorec, da bi ga testirali.

So, you do the math about how much that was going to cost.

Zračunajte si torej, koliko bi to stalo.

In addition to that,

Poleg tega

within four years of these kits being found in 2009,

je bil štiri leta za tem, ko so našli te vzorce l. 2009,

Detroit would be the largest municipality in the history of the United States

Detroit največja mestna občina v zgodovini ZDA,

to declare bankruptcy.

ki je razglasila bankrot.

We didn't know what we were going to do.

Nismo vedeli, kaj bomo storili.

But not only that.

A ne le to.

As we began to study and investigate how this possibly could have happened,

Ko smo začeli proučevati in ugotavljati, kako se je to lahko zgodilo,

we discovered there were other issues besides just financial ones.

smo odkrili, da je šlo poleg finančnih še za druge zadeve.

During the course of these decades where these kits sat in that warehouse,

V času tistih desetletij, ko so vzorci ležali v tistem skladišču,

we discovered there had been multiple changes of police leadership,

smo odkrili, da je prišlo do mnogih sprememb v vodstvu policije

with different priorities and different agendas.

z različnimi prioritetami in različnimi nameni.

There was woefully inadequate training for sex crimes officers

Usposabljanje preiskovalcev spolnih zločinov je bilo popolnoma neustrezno

in the police department in general.

na policiji na splošno.

They were chronically understaffed,

Kronično jim je primanjkovalo ljudi

and they had other resource issues.

in imeli so še druge težave z denarjem.

And there was perpetual victim blaming

In bilo je stalno obtoževanje žrtev,

when these victims came to report their crimes.

ko so prihajale prijavit svoje zločine.

That's the rape culture.

To je kultura posilstva.

And because of this victim blaming

In zaradi obtoževanja žrtev,

of someone that had been violently assaulted,

ki so bile brutalno napadene,

some of these victim were even ridiculed

so nekatere celo z zasmehovanjem pripravili,

into not continuing to proceed with their case.

da niso vztrajale pri svojih primerih.

The bottom line is, that 11,341 rape kits sat on that shelf.

Gre v glavnem za to, da je 11 341 vzorcev posilstev ležalo na polici.

I wanted transparency.

Želela sem transparentnost.

I asked myself: How in the world can we stop this from spreading?

Vprašala sem se: kako naj to ustavimo?

I don't want to go through all this work and five, 10 years down the line,

Nočem se spopasti z vsem tem delom in čez pet, deset let

figure we have the same issue.

ugotoviti, da imamo isti problem.

At that time, police officers had the sole discretion

Takrat so policaji sami presojali,

about whether and when and if

če bodo ali ne bodo

they were going to submit the rape kits for testing --

predložili vzorce posilstva za testiranje,

any rape kit in their jurisdiction -- for testing.

katere koli vzorce v svoji jurisdikciji.

That had to change.

To se je moralo spremeniti.

We had to take that discretion away from police officers,

Policajem smo morali odvzeti to diskrecijo

and pass state laws

in sprejeti državne zakone

to ensure that every rape kit released by the victim to law enforcement

za zagotovitev, da bo vsak vzorec posilstva, ki ga policija dobi,

is tested immediately.

takoj testiran.

I also knew that there had to be some kind of system

Vedela sem tudi, da mora obstajati nek sistem,

to keep everybody honest and to keep everybody accountable, put in place,

da bodo vsi pošteni in odgovorni,

where we knew where these rape kits were, at any given time.

da bomo v vsakem trenutku vedeli, kje so ti vzorci posilstev.

The answer was simple.

Odgovor je bil preprost.

Think about all of the hundreds of thousands

Pomislite na vse tiste sto tisoče,

and perhaps millions of packages,

morda milijone paketov,

that are moved by a logistics company every day.

ki jih vsak dan prenašajo logistična podjetja.

They are scanned and tracked,

Skenirajo jih in jim sledijo

and they know where they are, at every bend and turn,

in vedo, kje so

from the time that they're stored in the warehouse,

od trenutka, ko jih shranijo v skladišče,

until the time that that package arrives on the purchaser's front steps.

do takrat, ko paket prispe pred vrata kupca.

Why couldn't we do that for rape kits?

Zakaj ne moremo enako delati z vzorci posilstev?

I had no desire to reinvent the wheel.

Nisem imela nobene želje, da bi odkrivala toplo vodo.

So I contacted UPS.

Zako sem stopila v stik z UPS.

UPS, within two weeks -- two weeks --

UPS je v dveh tednih, dveh tednih

of our first meeting with UPS,

od našega prvega sestanka z njimi,

they had come up with a major plan

prišel na dan z velikim načrtom,

where they involved all the stakeholders --

ki je vključeval vse zainteresirane osebe -

the police officers, the prosecutors, the medical facilities,

policaje, javne tožilce, zdravstvene ustanove,

the forensic nurses, the hospitals,

forenzične medicinske sestre, bolnice,

the lab personnel and the victim advocates,

laboratorijsko osebje in zagovornike žrtev -

could know where the rape kits were at any given time.

ki bodo v vsakem trenutku lahko vedele, kje so vzorci.

They sent a team of experts out

Poslali so tim strokovnjakov,

and fanned the Detroit area, talked to all the stakeholders

ki so prečesali območje Detroita, govorili z vpletenimi,

and developed a plan,

razvili načrt

and studied the life of a rape kit,

in preštudirali življenje vzorca

from the time the rape kit was collected,

od trenutka, ko ga odvzamejo,

through to the time that it was tested in the lab

skozi čas, ko ga testirajo v laboratoriju

and returned to the police personnel.

in vrnejo policijskemu osebju.

They also developed a web-based portal

Razvili so tudi spletni portal,

that all the stakeholders could look into and see where any given rape kit was

v katerega lahko pogledajo vsi zainteresirani in vidijo, kje je vzorec

at any given time.

v katerem koli trenutku.

UPS had the technology,

UPS je imel tehnologijo,

UPS knew how to use that technology to solve our problem,

UPS je vedel, kako jo uporabiti za rešitev našega problema,

and we didn't.

mi pa ne.

We launched -- we, we --

Zagnali smo jo, mi, mi,

UPS and the prosecutor's office --

UPS in pisarna javnega tožilca ...

(Laughter)

(smeh)

launched this pilot program in Detroit.

zagnali smo ta pilotski program v Detroitu.

And we started this process on January 28, 2015,

Ta proces smo začeli 28. januarja 2015

through to May 25 of 2016.

in ga peljali do 25. maja 2016.

And during that period of time --

V tem času -

remember, we're not dealing with the ones we found,

ne pozabite, ne delamo s tistimi, ki smo ji našli,

because they'd already been stored --

ker so že bili shranjeni -

we're dealing with any new kit that came in as of January 28, 2015.

ukvarjamo se z vsemi novimi vzorci, ki so prišli od 28. januarja 2015.

And we knew where that rape kit was.

In vedeli smo, kje so.

For the 16 months of this project, we didn't lose a single rape kit.

V 16 mesecih tega projekta nismo izgubili niti enega vzorca posilstva.

Not a single one.

Niti enega.

We knew where they all were.

Za vse smo vedeli, kje so.

(Applause)

(aplavz)

This project went on until the state of Michigan,

Ta projekt je trajal, dokler država Michigan,

the elected officials in state government,

izvoljeni uradniki v državni vladi,

took notice of everything that UPS was doing.

niso opazili, kaj vse UPS počne.

And everything that my office was doing.

In kaj vse počne moja pisarna.

And they decided that they were going to use state funds

In odločili so se, da bodo uporabili državni denar

to develop a state-wide tracking system.

za razvoj vsedržavnega sledilnega sistema.

Not in just Detroit, but state-wide tracking system.

Ne le v Detroitu, ampak sledilni sistem po vsej državi.

Hopefully, that system will be up and running soon.

Upajmo, da bo ta sistem kmalu začel delovati.

But I loved working with UPS.

A rada sem delala z UPS.

I loved their innovation, I loved how fast they worked,

Všeč so mi bile njihove inovacije, všeč mi je bilo, kako hitro delajo.

I loved their unorthodox approach to ideas to solve an everyday, common problem,

Všeč mi je bil njihov neortodoksni pristop k rešitvam vsakodnevnih problemov,

whose solution should be simple.

ki bi morale biti preproste.

So, after working with them

Po sodelovanju z njimi

I knew that even with one company,

sem torej vedela, da celo z enim samim podjetjem,

working on one issue,

ki dela na enem problemu,

the progress that could be made.

lahko naredimo napredek.

We've been at this now for nine years.

To zdaj počnemo devet let.

And it was nine years ago

Pred devetimi leti

that we rescued those rape kits from the warehouse.

smo rešili tiste vzorce posilstev iz skladišča.

That warehouse has since been torn down.

Skladišče je zdaj že porušeno.

But all of the kits have either been tested,

A vsi tisti vzorci so bili ali testirani

or are in the final stages of being tested.

ali pa so v zaključnih stadijih testiranja.

We still have a lot of work to do

Še vedno imamo veliko dela

in terms of investigation and prosecution of those cases,

glede proučevanja in kazenskega pregona teh primerov,

but our rape kit issue, in terms of testing, is done.

a naš problem vzorcev posilstev je, kar se tiče testiranja, končan.

As of June 28, 2018,

Do 28. junija 2018

our CODIS hits have showed us and identified 2,600 suspects.

je naš CODIS pokazal in identificiral 2600 osumljencev.

We have identified 861 serial rapists.

Identificirali smo 861 serijskih posiljevalcev.

Just within this project.

Samo v tem projektu.

That means 861 potential defendants

To pomeni 861 potencialnih obtožencev,

that have raped within the project two or more times.

ki so posiljevali znotraj projekta dva ali večkrat.

And 50 to 75 of them have raped 10 to 15 times a piece.

In 50 do 75 med njimi je posiljevalo 10 do 15-krat.

In one city, in one state.

V enem samem mestu, eni sami državi.

Also, the CODIS results that we have

CODIS rezultati, ki jih imamo,

have tentacles to crime scenes,

raztezajo svoje lovke tudi na prizorišča zločinov,

have linkages in 40 states in the United States.

povezani so z 40 državami v ZDA.

Forty of the 50 states have tentacles to our crime testing of these rape kits.

40 od 50 držav ZDA ima primere, povezane z našimi vzorci posilstev.

From Alaska to Florida

Od Aljaske od Floride

and from Maine to the most southern parts of California.

in od Mainea do najjužnejših delov Kalifornije.

A sea to shining sea, string of CODIS hits.

Od morja do morja pas CODIS-ovih zadetkov.

Natasha is now 36 years old.

Nataša je zdaj stara 36 let.

When she heard about the work that we were doing with the rape kits,

Ko je slišala, kaj se dogaja z vzorci posilstev,

she contacted my office, the Wayne County prosecutor's office.

je stopila v stik z mojo pisarno, pisarno javnega tožilca okrožja Wayne.

Her kit was eventually tested.

Njen vzorec je bil končno testiran.

And it had identified Paul Warwick.

In identificiral Paula Warwicka.

In the interim, Paul Warwick had raped two more women.

V vmesnem času je Paul Warwick posilil še dve ženski,

One in the state of Colorado.

eno v Koloradu.

Paul Warwick is now serving a sentence in the Michigan Department of Corrections,

Paul Warwick zdaj služi v michiganskem zaporu

in prison, of 15 to 40 years.

svojo kazen, 15 do 40 let.

(Applause)

(aplavz)

Pamela's kit was also tested.

Testirali smo tudi Pamelin vzorec.

And her kit led to the identification -- her CODIS hit on her kit --

Pripeljal je do identifikacije, CODIS-ov zadetek za njen vzorec,

led to the identification of Bernard Peterson.

ki je identificiral Bernarda Petersona.

In the interim, Bernard Peterson raped 10 more women.

V vmesnem času je Bernard Peterson posilil še 10 žensk.

Each of those women had a rape kit done.

Vsaka od njih je dala vzorec posilstva.

And each of those women's rape kits sat on that shelf next to Pamela's.

In vsak od teh vzorcev je končal na polici poleg Pamelinega.

For a varying number of years.

Za različno število let.

Bernard Peterson is now serving a sentence

Bernard Peterson zdaj služi

in the Michigan Department of Corrections,

v michiganskem zaporu,

concurrently -- that means at the same time --

in to sočasno, dve kazni naenkrat,

of 60 to 90 years, and 90 years to 125 years,

od 60 do 90 let ter 90 do 125 let

for the rapes that he committed.

za posilstva, ki jih je storil.

(Applause)

(aplavz)

We still have a lot of work to be done.

Še vedno imamo veliko dela.

And we desperately need the help of the private sector.

In obupno potrebujemo pomoč privatnega sektorja.

We need the help of the tech industry.

Potrebujemo pomoč tehnološke industrije,

To help us develop -- not help us, we want them to develop --

da nam pomaga razviti - ne pomaga razviti, da nam razvije

information management systems,

informacijski operativni sistem,

so we can all talk to each other

da se bomo lahko pogovarjali med seboj

and stop these perpetrators

in preprečili tem storilcem,

from raping and maiming and killing with impunity.

da posiljujejo in pohabljajo in ubijajo nekaznovano.

We also need help from those of you

Potrebujemo tudi pomoč vas

with marketing and advertisement backgrounds.

v oglaševanju in reklamiranju.

We need you, desperately we need you,

Potrebujemo, obupno vas potrebujemo,

to develop campaigns for our children and other people to listen to,

da razvijete kampanje, ki jih bodo slišali naši otroci in drugi ljudje,

so we can stop the culture, change the culture of rape victims

da lahko ustavimo kulturo, spremenimo kulturo žrtev posilstev,

being too afraid to come forward because of what may happen to them.

ki se preveč bojijo izpostaviti se zaradi tega, kar se jim lahko zgodi.

UPS was one company, as I said.

Kot sem rekla, je bil UPS eno podjetje.

They helped us with their innovation,

Pomagali so nam s svojo inovacijo

and they revolutionized the way that we can track rape kits.

in revolucionizirali način, kako lahko sledimo vzorcem posilstev.

Every single aspect of our lives is tracked.

Vsak vidik naših življenj je sleden.

Every like, every mood,

Vsak všeček, vsako razpoloženje,

shopping history, browsing history, reading history,

nakupovalna zgodovina, zgodovina brskanja in branja,

our entire web history is tracked these days.

vsej naši spletni zgodovini se sledi te dni.

What if we could track the activities and the comings and goings

Kaj če bi lahko sledili aktivnostim, prihajanju in odhajanju

of criminals who commit crimes?

kriminalcev, ki zagrešijo kazniva dejanja?

Just like people track every aspect of our lives.

Prav tako kot ljudje sledijo vsakemu vidiku svojih življenj.

In 2015, the Obama White House

Leta 2015 sta Obamova Bela hiša

and the US Department of Justice

in ameriško Ministrstvo za pravosodje

put the number of untested, abandoned rape kits at 400,000,

povedala, da je 400 000 netestiranih, opuščenih vzorcev posilstev

across this country.

po vsej državi.

Four hundred thousand.

Štiristo tisoč.

That's a national pandemic.

To je narodna pandemija.

We know where a lot of those kits are.

Mi vemo, kje je veliko teh vzorcev.

Our testing showed

Naša testiranja so pokazala,

that women were raped waiting in their cars, waiting for friends,

da so bile ženske posiljene med čakanjem v avtu ali na prijatelje,

on their way to work, on their way from work,

na poti na delo in z dela domov,

at gas stations, at shopping malls.

na bencinskih črpalkah in nakupovalnih središčih.

And even one of the first cases that we did

Eden od prvih primerov, ki smo ga srečali,

when these rape kits were starting to be tested,

ko smo začeli testirati te vzorce,

was a man who came into the window

je bil moški, ki je vstopil skozi okno

and got into the bed and raped a woman who was in bed with her two children.

in zlezel v posteljo in posilil žensko, ki je bila v postelji s svojima otrokoma.

He raped her while he was in bed with her two children.

Posilil jo je, ko je bila v postelji z otrokoma.

Every time I look at a rape victim that comes into my office,

Vsakič, ko pogledam žrtev posilstva, ki pride v mojo pisarno,

because their case is being called

ker je prišel njen primer na vrsto

or they're being interviewed by the prosecutor,

ali pa ima razgovor s tožilcem,

they are being prepped for case,

da jo pripravi za sojenje,

I look into their eyes and I think to myself,

ji pogledam v oči in pomislim:

they didn't have to be one of the ones that was raped.

ni ji bilo treba biti ena od tistih, ki so bile posiljene.

They didn't have to be one of those victims.

Ni ji bilo treba biti ena od tistih žrtev.

And maybe they would not have been, if these rape kits had been tested timely.

In mogoče ne bi bila, če bi bili tisti vzorci pravočasno testirani.

How many more Pamelas are in this world?

Koliko Pamel je še na tem svetu?

How many more Natashas are in this world?

Koliko Nataš je še na tem svetu?

We may never know.

Nikoli ne bomo vedeli.

But what I do know is that you have the technology,

Kar pa vem, je, da imate tehnologijo

you know how to use it

veste, kako jo uporabiti,

and you can help us solve the problem of rape kits being stockpiled.

in pomagate nam lahko rešiti problem nalaganja vzorcev posilstev.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(aplavz)