Benson and Winters in “Unfinished Business”

Benson

[about Vicki's 2000 rape kit] Why'd it take so long to test it?

'Cause we have thousands of kits sitting in the freezer. How bad's your backlog?

Benson

We don't have one. Every kit is tested after an assault, and the results are forwarded back to us and to the D.A.

[gets a phone call] That was the lab. The DNA from Vicki's rape kit is degraded.

Benson

Oh, I can't catch a break!

But the tech's willing to testify he's got enough matching alleles to ID.

Benson

I'm gonna collar this guy's ass, and then I'm gonna send it to you on a silver platter.

It's yours. California has a 10-year statute. The clock ran out on Vicki's rape three weeks ago.

Benson

You knew all along that you couldn't prosecute?

But I knew you could. Go get the prick.