Thursday, April 13, 2006
CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING IN TROUBLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
We were not real keen on the new CDV Legislation in South Carolina. But now come word that the Senate Finance Committee has rejected Attorney General McMaster's proposal for a dedicated Criminal Domestic Violence prosecutor for every county's magistrate courts. Senator David Thomas proposed cutting the House budget version from $2.2 Million to $550,000 for a pilot project in 4 un-named judicial circuits. The measure was approved by the committee.
We have two questions. First what is the point of passing legislation if the legislature is not going to provide the funds needed to effectuate the legislation? Second, isn't Senator Thomas supposed to be the family values guy who is interested in protecting the defenseless?
We were not real keen on the new CDV Legislation in South Carolina. But now come word that the Senate Finance Committee has rejected Attorney General McMaster's proposal for a dedicated Criminal Domestic Violence prosecutor for every county's magistrate courts. Senator David Thomas proposed cutting the House budget version from $2.2 Million to $550,000 for a pilot project in 4 un-named judicial circuits. The measure was approved by the committee.
We have two questions. First what is the point of passing legislation if the legislature is not going to provide the funds needed to effectuate the legislation? Second, isn't Senator Thomas supposed to be the family values guy who is interested in protecting the defenseless?
