Cash-Strapped Topeka May Stop Prosecuting Domestic Violence | NBC Chicago: "Cash-strapped Topeka, Kansas, has decided to stop prosecuting domestic violence casses in order to save money.
The City Council announced the proposal Oct. 4, after the Shawnee County District Attorney's office announced it could no longer prosecute misdemeanors, including domestic violence cases. The city's maneuver may even require repealing the part of the city code that bans domestic battery. Mayor Bill Bunten told the Topeka Capital-Journal city officials take domestic violence seriously, and it would be "dead wrong" to assume offenders won't be prosecuted. But the dispute is over who would pay for it, he said."
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