חצי פנסיון 983: הרחקה הדדיות הזמנות

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1. Allison אומר:

   פברואר 17, 2012 ליד 4:51 PM

   Those of us who work with domestic violence victims know that this is a BAD BILL. It would gut our protective order system and make it a tool for domestic violence batterers. EVERY national expert on domestic violence, from the judicial system to law enforcement to domestic violence program advocates, say the same. Not to mention this, it also violates the petitioner’s right to due process under the Constitution AND could jeopardize federal funding.

   Georgia is already 6th in the nation for domestic violence homicides against women. This legislation will put more victims in danger.
2. דסטין אומר:

   פברואר 17, 2012 ליד 7:29 PM

   Allison,

   Can you explain why this bill would be bad? Give an example?
3. Allison אומר:

   פברואר 18, 2012 ליד 10:54 AM

   This bill may sound like a way to make things equitable, but it’s way more complicated than that. When a domestic violence victim gets a protective order against their batterer, it’s a signal to the batterer that she is moving away from the relationship. Seeing that she might be breaking out of his control, batterers often ramp up their tactics by stalking, harassing, and threatening their victims despite the court order. Under this proposed law, when the victim calls police to report his violation of the order, all he would need to do is make the claim that she was the one who contacted him, turning it into a “אמר, היא אמרה” as a way to muddy enforcement of the order against him. It’s a way for him to hold the threat of criminal consequences over her head in order to evade responsibility. And if victims realize that they themselves could actually be held criminally liable, they will stop coming forward to get protective orders, which currently provide a path to safety for thousands of victims across this state.
4. דסטין אומר:

   פברואר 18, 2012 ליד 3:17 PM

   Allison,

   While I could see that being a problem long ago, today, almost all communication is timed/logged. If someone calls on a cell phone, the call is logged. If someone sends a text message, the text is long. If someone sends an email, the email is logged. It would be very easy to see who made the first contact.

   בנוסף, I think if someone has taken out a restraining order, the victim will likely be viewed more favorably in the legal process than the stalker. Restraining orders would indicate a past history of being stalked – so the idea of a reverse stalker getting a restraining order then harassing another person seems unlikely.
5. Allison אומר:

   פברואר 18, 2012 ליד 4:27 PM

   Talk to anyone who works helping victims access protective orders, and they’ll tell you that it really is not that cut and dry in terms of determining who made the first contact. As far as victims being viewed more favorably in the legal process, that is generally not the case. The judge issuing the order only does so after making a finding of fact, and the victim has to prove her case. As to your point that restraining orders indicate a history of stalking – actually, there are several different types of orders, and it’s really just the stalking order that would require the victim to establish that there was a pattern of unwanted or harassing contact. Family violence protective orders are different.