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Why Do Victims Get Names Removed?

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Victims can’t get names removed is an article written by Marty Sharpe for Stuff.co.nz on 21 May 2014. It is about two girls who were abused and harassed for many years by Christopher Hill. Hill has gone to prison for seven years but he has the names of his victims tattooed on his arms and the girls cannot get it removed. This article made me think about how in ways prisoners have more rights than people think. It also made me think about how people don’t always trust the right people.
A part of the article I found sad was, the children were very young when they were abused and they have no rights when it comes to getting their tattooed names removed from their abusers arm. The older girl made a victim statement saying “He didn’t ask me if he could put my name on his arm. I would like it taken off. It feels like he owns me”. The quote made me feel sad to think that a young girl is made to feel like her abuser owns her, and her feelings don’t change anything. This made me think about having no control over how other people behave. Also I thought about how when I was younger my father would do things with me that I didn’t want to do, but because I was young I didn’t have the power to change it or have a choice in what we did. It made me feel sad and upset because I had no rights to an opinion. It made me feel that …show more content…

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