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SAO Treasure Hunt - ever wonder why the SAO makes it so damn hard for an alleged victim to sign a waiver of prosecution?  They seemingly do everything they can to deter victims from dropping the charges, even though their wishes are typically ignored anyway.  The folks at the Victim's Advocate Unit (for Domestic Violence) act like Prosecutor's Advocates, with one of their reps even recently refusing to give her name to an alleged victim and her attorney.  Poor people are often repeatedly told to come back later, by which time the case is already filed, or they give up in frustration.  Enough's enough, we say, so stay tuned until we can get one of the SAO forms scanned and posted for everyone to download and distribute ...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).