Woman Jailed After Reporting Rape

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Woman Jailed After Reporting Rape

And then is denied second dose of morning after pill. WTF?!! This makes me feel sick. What the hell has happened to humanity?

January 30,2007 | TAMPA, Fla. -- A woman who told police she had been raped was jailed for two days after officers found an old warrant accusing her of failing to pay restitution for a 2003 theft arrest.

While she was behind bars, according to the college student's attorney, a jail worker refused to give her a second dose of the morning-after contraceptive pill because of the worker's religious convictions.

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8MVU4VG0.html

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Yesterday's thread (I think):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2708804

And yeah, this story is just outrageous. Not only is she the victim of a despicable crime but those who should be there to protect her are shitting on her as well. That must feel great.

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3. Didn't see that yesterday, sorry for the dup n/t

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2. Now they Changed Policy......go figure........

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Police extend apology to victim
Tampa officials also change the policy that let the woman be jailed after she was raped.
By Abbie Vansickle
Published January 31, 2007
..............after the damage was done.......thanks Tampa.....you make Fl look even worse.....damn I hate this state!

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TAMPA - Police apologized Tuesday for arresting a University of South Florida student after she reported being raped as she left the Gasparilla parade.

The 21-year-old pre-med student told police a man grabbed her on Howard Avenue and pulled her behind a building.

But on the way to taking her back to the area where she said she was raped, officers learned of a warrant accusing the woman of not paying restitution from a 2003 juvenile case. They handcuffed her and took her to jail.

"In this case the victim was not treated properly, and we don't want this to ever happen again," said Mayor Pam Iorio.

"We feel remorse that she ended up in jail," said Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy, offering an apology on behalf of the department.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/31/Hillsborough/Police_extend_apology.shtml