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03-16-2016, 03:22 PM
Several GOP candidates have likely lost their Senate races because of tone deaf, ignorant, or frankly misogynistic statements about rape. One might think they would have passed along the message to the team members.
GOP Sheriff Craig Rowland in Idaho has this thought about rape:
There's a bill that would create a statewide system of collecting and tracking the physical evidence in sexual assault investigations. Part of that bill would give clinics the responsibility of sending rape kits for DNA testing (unless the victim requests otherwise).
Currently, law enforcement is in charge of deciding if a kit should be tested.
"I really believe the Legislature needs to take a strong look at allowing law enforcement to do their job and not try to dictate what we need to do. I think they're trying to help, I really do," Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland said. "They need to let us decide if we're going to send the kit and when we send the kits in. Because the majority of our rapes, not to say that we don't have rapes, we do, but the majority of our rapes that are called in, are actually consensual sex. "
So if you are a woman in his part of Idaho, how likely is it that you'd report your rape knowing the attitude of the head of the local police? Even the legislature of the state seems to know that allegations of rape might be better handled if taken seriously and the evidence processed. Sure, most women who claim rape are liars and the sex was consensual, wink wink. After all, subjecting yourself to the rape kit collection, the police interview, the potential of having to go to court with the details of your sexual assault all the while knowing that the defense will accuse you of being a liar and a tramp.. Women really love to report false rapes, all the time. The bill has passed and awaits the governor's signature.
GOP Sheriff Craig Rowland in Idaho has this thought about rape:
There's a bill that would create a statewide system of collecting and tracking the physical evidence in sexual assault investigations. Part of that bill would give clinics the responsibility of sending rape kits for DNA testing (unless the victim requests otherwise).
Currently, law enforcement is in charge of deciding if a kit should be tested.
"I really believe the Legislature needs to take a strong look at allowing law enforcement to do their job and not try to dictate what we need to do. I think they're trying to help, I really do," Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland said. "They need to let us decide if we're going to send the kit and when we send the kits in. Because the majority of our rapes, not to say that we don't have rapes, we do, but the majority of our rapes that are called in, are actually consensual sex. "
So if you are a woman in his part of Idaho, how likely is it that you'd report your rape knowing the attitude of the head of the local police? Even the legislature of the state seems to know that allegations of rape might be better handled if taken seriously and the evidence processed. Sure, most women who claim rape are liars and the sex was consensual, wink wink. After all, subjecting yourself to the rape kit collection, the police interview, the potential of having to go to court with the details of your sexual assault all the while knowing that the defense will accuse you of being a liar and a tramp.. Women really love to report false rapes, all the time. The bill has passed and awaits the governor's signature.