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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced Tuesday big progress in working to clear the state's once-massive backlog of sexual assault kits.

Stein's update comes three years after the North Carolina Department of Justice did an inventory of untested sexual assault kits. The DOJ found more than 16,000 rape kits - many dating back decades - were left sitting on shelves in police departments statewide, still waiting to be tested.

The state crime lab launched a four-part solution. It opened a second DNA lab in western North Carolina. The testing time for new kits was cut. Lawmakers also passed the Survivor's Act to fund faster testing and hold local law enforcement more accountable. Lastly, the state created a tracking system for rape kits.

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