Stage set in Charleston for VAWA reform

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'CHARLESTON - In addition to the White House, the road to reforming a federal anti-domestic violence law ran through Charleston as a dinner featuring a delegate for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was held the same day Obama's running mate, and the chief architect of the law, was in town for a campaign stop.
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However, later that evening at a domestic violence awareness dinner held at the Marriott, General Parker, a Peoria, Ill., boilermaker, who was elected to serve as a delegate for Obama to this year's Democratic National Convention, said despite its good intentions, VAWA's impact has been the break-up of families.

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It was at this point that Parker says he discovered that financial incentives built into VAWA keeps innocent people trapped in the criminal justice system. Though the protective order his wife filed against him was dismissed, Parker said the prosecutor's office later charged him with assault, and hounded him on the parental kidnapping charge until, after two trials, a jury acquitted him.
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Concurring with Parker, Plants said something is terribly wrong when the courts don't protect citizens' most fundamental rights.

"Before the state breaks down the family, due process should be observed," Plants said.'