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John Shadegg: “I have spent a great deal of my life advocating for the victims of crime. It seems to me this is an outrage that exists…”

On the recordMay 27, 2010
I have spent a great deal of my life advocating for the victims of crime. It seems to me this is an outrage that exists in current law. The victims of crime should not be revictimized. In this case, American law does revictimize those victims of rape under these circumstances. I think it is high time that we correct it. I thank, again, the chairwoman of the Rules Committee and the chairman and ranking member of the Armed Services Committee for making the correction of this injustice possible.
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John Shadegg
Arizona
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May 27, 2010

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Speaker Shadegg addresses the need to protect victims of crime from being revictimized by current laws.

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