Everyday we see America move closer to becoming a third world nation:

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.

Shawnee County has already dropped 30 domestic violence cases since it stopped prosecuting the crime on Sept. 8. Some 16 people have been arrested for misdemeanor domestic battery charges and then released after charges were not filed.

Of course I’m sitting here wondering if they have stopped prosecuting victim-less crimes? Is the guy busted smoking a joint still being charged and prosecuted? I’ve got a funny feeling that he is.

It would be interesting to see the budget for a city like Topeka. I know where I live in Butler county, Ohio, we hear about the county being broke all the time, yet our sheriff can still fly his helicopter around looking for weed fields and have a personal driver. Our engineering office can send 6 guys out to seal cracks in the road, with one directing traffic, one sealing and 4 just standing there. I’m sure Topeka has similar waste that could be cut while helping protect victims of domestic violence.

This really sounds more like a threat; “hey we need money or the women get beat!” A lot of the costs associated with prosecuting crimes are recovered through restitution. Perhaps they should increase the fines to help recover the costs or like I said earlier – don’t prosecute the victim-less crimes. But this is Kansas, home of Fred Phelps, so logic is out the window.