Former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin defends pardoning a child rapist by arguing the victim's hymen was intact
, with both Republicans and Democrats in the state calling for an investigation into Bevin’s last-minute flurry of pardons, and even Senator Mitch McConnell wagged a decrepit disapproving finger, describing the pardons as “completely inappropriate.
“There was zero evidence,” Bevin said to radio host Terry Meiners, before going on to reveal extremely personal details of the nine-year-old victim that would easily allow her to be identified, and saying that the victim’s sister, whom Schoettle was also accused of raping, was also often there when the assaults occurred. Bevin then offered his truly astounding rationale for his belief that the assaults had not occurred. “Both their hymens were intact.
This is, of course, completely, absolutely wrong, and it bears stressing the point that the hymen, intact or not, indicates nothing at all about whether someone has been sexually assaulted or has had sex. As researchers
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