A representative for Kansas prosecutors told lawmakers Wednesday they should ban the "archaic," "biased" and "shameful" practice of ordering psychiatric exams for victims of rape and other sexual abuse. Kansas case law that allows for the court-ordered exams is based on a 1940 legal treatise that claimed a woman's "social history and mental makeup" should be considered by a jury to determine her truthfulness, said Kim Parker, coordinating prosecutor for the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association...
