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Originally posted by Jerry Glenn Hartwig:
If you really need to know, I can double-check tomorrow and give you a definitive answer.
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In the majority of cities there is a Victim's Assistance Program which pays the cost. Should there not be a V.A.P. available, the city generally absorbs the cost. Not everywhere, of course, but almost everywhere.
Wasilla was not of those "not everywhere" cities. In fact, Wasilla was the
last remaining town in Alaska to charge the victim for the exam, the kit and the forensics.
After numerous complaints were filed the state legislation was forced to pass a law requiring Wasilla to stop charging the victim to process the crime evidence. Charlie Fannon, Police Chief of Wasilla, appointed to his position by Palin after her dismissal of the previous police chief, protested the law, saying that it would cost Wasilla $5,000 to $14,000 a year if the city had to foot the bill for rape exams.
Just think if Palin had been governor at the time, huh?
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/522583.html