Every 73 seconds a woman in America is raped (“Scope of the Problem: Statistics”); and yet, 99.5% of perpetrators walk free with no felony conviction (“The Criminal Justice System: Statistics”). Although the argument that this is due to the low percentage of victims that come forward is partially true, it cannot explain rapists avoiding felony convictions even when charges are pursued in a court of law by the victim. What does, however, is the rape kit backlog.