Monday, May 11, 2009

Rape victims having to pay?

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This story is pretty sickening in utself. Texasrape victims are getting billed for thecase. In this instance a woman was raped by her sons 15 year old friend. This lady recieved a notice that her credit would be damaged if she didnt pay the amount. This is due to the rape kits and the amount of money it takes for all that evidence to be aquired. A lot of women who get these letters go ahead and pay this amount because they just want to rid themselves of that incident and not go back to the pain. This seems like a low blow made by the state to get money. I can understand if the case was dropped or there was no evidence but the state legislature is set up to pay for this evidence cost. This seems like something should be done for these rape victims seeing as they have already gone through enough

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