Palin Charged Rape Victims for Exams to Gather Evidence!

POSTED BY: Kwicko
UPDATED: Sunday, September 14, 2008 05:29
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KWICKO

Sunday, September 14, 2008 3:37 AM

From the Huffington Post:

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Jacob Alperin-Sheriff
Posted September 11, 2008 | 08:30 PM (EST)
New Evidence: Palin Had Direct Role In Charging Rape Victims For Exams

Despite denials by the Palin campaign, new evidence proves that as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin had a direct hand in imposing fees to pay for post-sexual assault medical exams conducted by the city to gather evidence.

Palin's role is now confirmed by Wasilla City budget documents available online.

Under Sarah Palin's administration, Wasilla cut funds that had previously paid for the medical exams and began charging victims or their health insurers the $500 to $1200 fees. Although Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella wrote USA Today earlier this week that the GOP vice presidential nominee "does not believe, nor has she ever believed, that rape victims should have to pay for an evidence-gathering test...To suggest otherwise is a deliberate misrepresentation of her commitment to supporting victims and bringing violent criminals to justice," Palin, as mayor, fired police chief Irl Stambaugh and replaced him with Charlie Fannon, who with Palin's knowledge, slashed the budget for the exams and began charging the city's victims of sexual assault. The city budget documents demonstrate Palin read and signed off on the new budget. A year later, alarmed Alaska lawmakers passed legislation outlawing the practice.

more available at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-alperinsheriff/sarah-palin-institu
ted-ra_b_125833.html

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence[sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

I can't help the sinking feeling that my country is now being run by people who read "1984" not as a cautionary tale, but rather as an instruction manual. - Michael Mock

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Sunday, September 14, 2008 3:42 AM

yeah pretty fucking sad

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

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PIRATENEWS

Sunday, September 14, 2008 5:11 AM

That's like the military billing soldiers for new flak jackets and making them repay their $30,000 enlistment bonus when their legs get blown off.

Married with Children or

Fright Night - FOR REAL?

England charges cartheft victims $200 to "investigate" the crime:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6315917.stm

Police in Knoxville Tennessee charge cartheft victims $10,000 to steal their cars:
www.piratenews.org/TOWCLASSACTION.HTML
www.piratenews.org/affidavit-criminal-complaint13jun05.htm

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Sunday, September 14, 2008 5:15 AM

or contacting the widow of a service member and asking that the pay they sent on pay day be returned since he didnt live out the month.

Or having the chaplain meet you at your door to tell you that your spouse is dead ......and then the command gives you 2 weeks to vacate housing.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

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“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

KWICKO

Sunday, September 14, 2008 5:29 AM

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England charges cartheft victims $200 to "investigate" the crime:

England's getting off cheap. When my car was stolen, Austin Police Department charged me $480 to get back what was left of it when they "recovered" it. And for that price, there was no investigation that I could ever see.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence[sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

I can't help the sinking feeling that my country is now being run by people who read "1984" not as a cautionary tale, but rather as an instruction manual. - Michael Mock