[Vision2020] And the Hits Just keep On Coming . . .

[Tom Hansen]

>From US News and World Report (that's a reliable news source for those who 
wish to know) at:

http://tinyurl.com/6j4ma4
 
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Sarah Palin and the Rape Kit Question

The blogosphere is reporting that when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, 
in the late 1990s, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's 
municipal police department charged rape victims for the "rape kit" used 
to collect the forensic evidence necessary to convict their attackers. 
According to reports, this changed in 2000 when then Alaska Gov. Tony 
Knowles signed a bill protecting rape victims from being charged. As I 
wrote recently, however, the situation described in Wasilla is not unique. 
In all too many instances, women are still being stuck with the bill for 
rape kits. This despite the fact that in order to qualify for federal 
grants under the Violence Against Women Act, states are supposed to pick 
up the entire tab.

If on her watch Sarah Palin allowed women to be charged for rape kits, she 
has some serious explaining to do. But while she's undoubtedly the most 
visible offender, if the story is true, she's unfortunately not the only 
one to have permitted this reprehensible practice.

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Can you imagine charging rape victims anywhere from $300 to $1,200 for the 
material and processes in gathering evidence against the person that raped 
them?

This is an atrocity no matter who the mayor is.  But when that mayor is 
running for Vice President of the United States . . .


Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."

- Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)


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