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Former sex crimes prosecutor, accused of rape, caught in conflict
Alameda :: CA :: USA | about 5 hours ago
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Even the alternate public defender's office — which handles cases when the public defender can't — has a conflict with Gressett, it was revealed Friday. A grand jury handed up an indictment last month accusing the 23-year prosecutor and former District...
Tags: Michael Gressett, public defender, sex crimes, crimes prosecutor, Alameda, Rape, Indictment, Grand jury, Attorney general, Prosecution, Criminal law, Prosecutor, Law Crime
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | about 7 hours ago
Credibility At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year. Moving up the ranks of Guatemala's ruthless gangs can be as simple as robbing a store at knife point or as brutal as shooting a city bus driver...In January, a group of gang members ripped...
Tags: Guatemalan, Guatemala City, Marisole, sexual violence, United Nations, Latin America, widespread rapes, Guatemala, Gender studies, Domestic violence, Women's rights, War rape, Sex crimes, Violence, Rape, Social Issues, Law Crime
Outside View: Army throws money at mental health
Helsinki :: Finland | about 11 hours ago
Credibility Army recently funded a five-year, $50 million study by the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the factors possibly associated with suicide, including combat-related trauma, personal and economic stress, family history, childhood abuse, a military...
Tags: U.S. Army Reserve, Army Science Board, mental health, causal link, Finland, Helsinki, Alcohol abuse, Rape, Suicide, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Causality, Abnormal psychology, Mood disorders, Stress, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
Judge gives rapist life sentence
Olympia :: WA :: USA | about 12 hours ago
Credibility An Olympia man was sentenced to life in prison under the state's "three strikes" law Thursday for raping and assaulting a woman who offered him a ride home April 12. A jury convicted Allan R. Simmons, 23, last month for the rape and assault, both Class...
Tags: Allan R. Simmons, Illinois, life sentencing, Olympia, Simmons, Rape, Law Crime
Female inmates allege sexual assaults
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Four female inmates say state prisons subjected them and other prisoners to sexual violence and harassment amounting to cruel and unusual punishment. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported today that the women filed a federal class-action lawsuit that...
Tags: violence, rape, female inmates, sexually assaults, Raleigh, Prison sexuality, Prison rape, Sex crimes, Crimes, Law Crime, Social Issues
LIBERIA: The new war is rape
Monrovia :: Liberia | about 17 hours ago
Credibility In Liberia rape survivors are increasingly speaking up and seeking help as awareness of rights increases, but social taboos persist and seeking justice does not always mean that justice is served. Sexual violence consistently comes first or second (after...
Tags: IRIN, told irin, Monrovia, sexually violence, Liberian, UNFPA, social worker, MSF, Liberia, Gender studies, Medical emergencies, Sexual violence, Mￃﾩdecins Sans Frontiￃﾨres, Sexual assault, Sex crimes, Rape, Criminology, Social Issues
Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
Feminists, political, and activist' writers present their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model approach to an overhaul today. Yes Means Yes!, compiled and edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti, present a variety of perspectives...
Tags: women and sex, rape in the u.s., female sexuality, sex education, women and body image, sexual identity, Violence, Feminism, Sex crimes, Crimes, Rape, Social Issues, Female Sexual Power
Regina police arrest man wanted on Canada-wide warrants for sexual assault
Regina :: Canada | about 20 hours ago
Credibility An investigation by Regina police led officers to a home on King Street where they found a man wanted on Canada-wide warrants for two recent cases of sexual asssault in B.C. as well as other offences. Shaun Richard Funk, 35, was arrested at the home without...
Tags: Regina Police Service, sexually assault, B.C, Canada, Regina, Gender studies, Rape, Funk, Sexual assault, Sex crimes, Sexism, Criminology, Social Issues, Law Crime
Schoolgirl, 13, 'gang-raped by boys who filmed ordeal on mobile phone'
A 13-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped at knifepoint by three teenage boys who filmed the attack on a mobile phone, a jury heard today.The girl, who had walked out of school after being bullied, was led to the eighth floor of a block of flats for the...
Tags: Schoolgirl, 13, 'gang-raped by boys who filmed ordeal on mobile phone', rape, gang rape, sex, assault, allnews, United Kingdom, London, South, The Crown, Crimes, London Borough of Southwark, Tom Wilkins, Peckham, Law Crime, mobile phone
Arizona police arrest parents of rape victim
Peoria :: AZ :: USA | about 23 hours ago
Credibility The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges. The girl's 59-year-old father and 47-year-old mother each face eight counts for a series of abuse and neglect incidents dating...
Tags: An Arizona, Peoria, Crimes, Rape, Violence, Law Crime, Ronald Reagan Trail, KNXV-TV, Garage, Peoria County Illinois, Peoria metropolitan area, Peoria Illinois, Human Interest, Surnames, Tyler
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