Unsolved cases a priority

Calling it the "public safety scandal of our era," a Los Angeles city official proposed a $10million program Monday to clear a backlog of 7,000 homicides and rapes dating back at least a decade. Daily News.

Councilman Jack Weiss, who wrote a letter with the proposal to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, said he will be pressing to make solving the crimes a top priority next year.

"I am going to hold hearings every week on the backlog of DNA cases until every woman and man in this city is outraged," said Weiss, who chairs the City Council's Public Safety Committee.