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Kaine
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legislation would prohibit law enforcement officers, prosecutors, or other government officials from asking or requiring a victim of an alleged sex offense to submit to a polygraph examination, limiting the use of polygraph tests to those victims who specifically request them.
Marriage as a Subsequent Defense
The Code of Virginia § 18.266, allows that a perpetrator dhay offer subsequent marriage toms victim as a defense to carnal knowledge of a 14-to-16year-old female victim. Governor Kaine’s proposed legislation would repeal this section of the code.
Increased Funding
for Sexual Assault
Crisis Centers
Governor Kaine’s budget recommends increased funding for the provision of core and comprehensive services to victims of sexual violence, through community-based sexual assault crisis centers. Crisis centers are the only victim assistance programs that provide around the clock services to all victims of sexual violence, in addition to conducting community outreach, coordinating Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART), and managing volunteer programs. The Governor’s budget increases funding for the centers by $450,000 in each year of the biennium. Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention
Governor Kaine’s budget recommends funding to support the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leader
91.8%