Former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin pardoned a man who was convicted of raping a 9-year-old girl. Bevin’s reasoning? He doesn’t believe the child was raped, because her hymen was intact
Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin. Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin, a staunch conservative who frequently touts his “pro-life” credentials, has drawn criticism for choosing to pardon hundreds of violent criminals during his last weeks in office. On Thursday, he gave a lengthy radio interview defending one particularly controversial pardon: that of Micah Schoettle, a 41-year-old man who was convicted last year of raping a 9-year-old girl.
But that’s demonstrably false. Medical experts agree that so-called “virginity tests,” which test for the presence of a hymen, are unethical, harmful, and based on flawed science. Former Kentucky chief medical examiner George Nichols told The Courier-Journal that Bevin’s claim was categorically incorrect. “Rape is not proved by hymen penetration,” he said. “[Bevin] not only doesn’t know the law, in my humble opinion, he clearly doesn’t know medicine and anatomy.
“So, I guess Matt Bevin thinks he’s smarter than the 12 citizens that heard the actual evidence,” Sanders, who’s calling for an investigation into the pardon, told The Courier-Journal. “I’ve got news for him: Child molesting rarely happens in front of witnesses or leaves physical evidence. If we didn’t pursue those cases, 99 percent of child rapists would never be prosecuted.”
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