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De-Criminalizing Domestic Abuse: Your Teapublican Budget Cuts at Work

source: http://veracitystew.com/2011/10/11/de-criminalizing-domestic-abuse-your-teapublican-budget-c...

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Last month, the Shawnee County District Attorney’s office, facing a 10% budget cut, announced that the county would no longer be prosecuting misdemeanors, including domestic violence cases, at the county level. Finding those cases suddenly dumped on the city and lacking resources of their own, the Topeka City Council is now considering repealing the part of the city code that bans domestic battery.

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