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Harris-Perry to Mourdock: Assaults on choice are assaults on women
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” host Harris-Perry directed an open letter to Indiana candidate for U.S. Senate Richard Mourdock, the latest Republican candidate to go on the record saying that there should not be an exception in abortion laws for victims of rape and incest, but rather that women should…
What do Republicans have against rape victims?
Sexual assault is a horrible crime committed far too often in the United States and successfully prosecuted even more rarely. It takes a huge physical toll on its survivors — and not everyone survives — as they are forced to contend with physical injuries related to the violence used and…
GOP activist charged with sexual abuse commits suicide
A high-profile Republican activist in Utah who was charged with multiple sex crimes has committed suicide. Greg Peterson, 37, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Heber City cabin just days after posting bond and being released from jail, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Peterson was…
Miami Univ. flier advises ‘Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape’
A flier advising males students at Ohio’s Miami University about the “Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape” has prompted school officials to launch an investigation. According to a Cincinnati Enquirer report published late last week, the document was reportedly posted in a male bathroom in McBride Hall dorm.…
Connecticut Supreme Court frees man convicted of sexually assaulting handicapped woman
In a 4-3 decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a man found guilty of sexually assaulting a severely handicapped woman. Richard Fourtin, 28, was convicted by a jury in 2008 of attempted sexual assault in the second-degree and sexual assault in the fourth-degree. Fourtin…
Pentagon’s progress against sexual assault is slow
Why Pentagon's progress against sexual assault is so slow For Myla Haider, working as a criminal investigator prosecuting rape cases for the US Army was difficult and often disheartening. On one occasion, her unit’s commander – skeptical of a reported rape victim’s story – told her to advise the victim…
Kentucky girl faces charges for tweeting names of alleged sexual abusers
A Kentucky teenager is facing contempt charges for tweeting the names of the teens who allegedly sexually assaulted her, in violation of a court order and standard confidentiality practices surrounding juvenile cases. The 17-year old, Savannah Dietrich, told the Courier-Journal that she was upset with what she thought was an unfairly lax punishment…
Air Force instructor sentenced to 20 years in prison for string of sexual assaults
Staff Sergeant Luis Walker, an instructor in the United States Air Force, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Saturday. The sentencing hearing was the final phase of his court-martial for the rape of a female recruit and the sexual assault of several others, according to the Associated Press.…
Report: Camp Lejeune has most sexual assaults of any Marine installation worldwide
Sexual assaults at the Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina have risen an astonishing 10 percent in the last year, putting it atop the list of the most sexual assaults at a single Marine Corps installation worldwide, according to a story published Sunday by Stars and Stripes. The…
Pentagon: New condo-like quarters increase risk of sexual assault
Pentagon dilemma: More privacy in barracks linked to more sexual assault (via The Christian Science Monitor) US military barracks have come a long way from the Beetle Bailey cartoon days, when troops slept in rows of metal bunks and awoke with “Reveille.” Today’s new soldiers are inheritors of living quarters…
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