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Woman reports rape, then is jailed

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From Times Wire Reports

A 21-year-old woman who told Tampa police she had been raped was jailed for two days after officers found an old warrant accusing her of failing to pay restitution for a 2003 theft arrest.

While she was behind bars, according to the college student’s attorney, a jail worker refused to give her a second dose of the morning-after contraceptive pill because of the worker’s religious convictions.

“Shocked. Stunned. Outraged. I don’t have words to describe it,” said her attorney, Vic Moore.

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Tampa police later apologized.

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