Followup on the story from last week regarding Topeka Kansas city council repealing the law against domestic violence.

They went through with it.

Kansas’ capital city repeals domestic violence law

Topeka’s city council and mayor approved the repeal late Tuesday, saying such cases are better handled by county or state courts.

The vote comes less than a month after the prosecutor in Shawnee County decided to stop pursuing domestic battery cases and other misdemeanors, citing deep cuts to his budget.

Topeka, the largest city in the county, responded by proposing to repeal its domestic violence ordinance so it wouldn’t be forced to pick up the bill for those cases.

So, as of now, neither the county of Shawnee, KS, nor its largest city, Topeka are prosecuting any domestic violence cases.