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Press-Enterprise
April 28, 2018
U.S. report mistakenly says more than 400 rapes, sexual assaults occurred at Murrieta schools in one year ... Rob Firmes as saying there was one rape alleged to have occurred at Murrieta Valley's four high schools during the 2015-16 school year. “That case was investigated but officers were not able toÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 28, 2018
Three U.S. Marines were arrested and booked in New Orleans Thursday and Friday (April 27) on rape charges, after two women reported to police that they were raped by a group of men earlier this month. Antonio Landrum, 18, was booked with third-degree rape, Jared Anderson, 18, was booked withÃâà...
KRON4.com
April 28, 2018
(KRON) - Joseph DeAngelo is likely facing the rest of his life behind bars, but due to the statute of limitations on rape and sex crimes in California, DeAngelo may only serve that time because of the murders and not the rapes. The Yolo County District Attorney's Office is looking into prosecuting DeAngelo forÃâà...
Appleton Post Crescent
April 28, 2018
Gov. Scott Walker, in response to a USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin investigative report, said Thursday that he supports "strengthening" a law requiring police to send rape kits to state crime labs for testing. Walker helped create the law in 2011 as part of that year's state budget-writing process. The lawÃâà...
KNSI Radio
April 28, 2018
(KNSI) - A man has pleaded guilty to raping a woman in St. Cloud. Christopher Michael Kapol was convicted of 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct. The 25-year-old will be sentenced to six years and five months in prison on August 3rd. On April 23rd 2014, police met with the woman who said she had beenÃâà...
WLS-TV
April 28, 2018
All three charges involve the alleged rape of a woman identified in court as J.B. What happened in July of 2009 was the "worst nightmare" for J.B. according to prosecutor McCord. ... She said that Winner stalked victims by calling them after he raped them-and didn't think he would get caught or found guilty.
WTOP
April 28, 2018
John Prentice Hicks, 41, of Northeast D.C., was found guilty in a Montgomery County, Maryland, court of first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense and ... headed toward Glenmont at about 10 a.m. when a man she later identified as Hicks used a knife to threaten her before he raped her and forced her toÃâà...
EL PAÍS in English
April 28, 2018
She asked for more training for judges, otherwise “we will continue to see rulings claiming that a woman has been raped because she was wearing a miniskirt, or because she did not say no clearly, or because it was unclear how she defended herself.” In Bilbao, thousands of people clogged the city centerÃâà...
TIME
April 28, 2018
The case has drawn parallels with the huge protests in the wake of the 2012 gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi. Protesters were spurred on by another case involving a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a local politician of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in UttarÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 27, 2018
"I got pushed on the bed and I got raped," says Leu, a Chinese student at the Australian National University. "He kept saying, 'I'll get what I want'. I couldn't move, I could only scream." A survey by the Australian Human Rights Commission found 22,000 students said they had experienced sexual assault in aÃâà...
WTOP
April 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested following an investigation by Prince William County police that he raped a girl. Police said in a news release that at 3 a.m. on April 15, several juveniles were at a hotel on the 7300 block of Old Centreville Road attending a party in one of the rooms andÃâà...
Firstpost
April 21, 2018
He said that "rape is rape, be it now or earlier", and that rape shouldn't be politicised. It's clear that Modi's talking about the Kathua and Unnao rapes and the unique reactions to them because that's all anyone's been talking about over the last few weeks. Unlike the December 2012 Delhi gangrape, theÃâà...
Bangkok Post
April 21, 2018
The man was arrested in a soi in Hat Yai district, not far from the Landmark Residence where the alleged rape took place. Police have pressed assault and rape charges against Mr Krissada, but he denied them and insisted he would fight the case in court. The arrest was made after a Mathayom Suksa 5Ãâà...
NDTV
April 21, 2018
The eight-year-old girl killed in Kathua this January was raped before she was strangled, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said in a statement to counter a ... who allegedly destroyed crucial evidence but have been targeted by local groups who contend the six people accused of rape have been framed.
Inside NoVA
April 21, 2018
A Manassas teen is accused of raping a girl at a hotel April 15, according to Prince William police. The 17-year-old boy has been charged with rape and object sexual penetration, police spokesperson Officer Nathan Probus said. Several teens were having a party and consuming alcohol in one of the roomsÃâà...
Times of India
April 21, 2018
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch on Saturday said reports in a section of media regarding the Kathua rape-murder case were false and that medical experts had ... Police investigations revealed she was held captive inside a temple, sedated and repeatedly raped before her murder.
NBCNews.com
April 21, 2018
In 2012, the fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi triggered massive protests by hundreds of thousands to demand stricter rape laws in the country. The government enacted laws doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women.
Aljazeera.com
April 19, 2018
The gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua district of Indian-administered Kashmir is a chilling reminder of how sexual assault is used as a tool to instil fear among those belonging to the minority communities in India. There have been many Indians, especially on social mediaÃâà...
CNN
April 18, 2018
Maliwal began her hunger strike one day after publishing an open letter addressed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which she called on rape to be punishable by death. "We should have a system in this country where anyone who rapes a young girl should be hanged within six months," sheÃâà...
Boston Herald
April 18, 2018
Amfo was arraigned Friday in Quincy District Court on one count of rape for an April 8 alleged early morning attack on Murray. Police said he parked his car on a poorly lit street, locked the doors and then raped his Uber passenger, who was returning home after a night out in Quincy. Amfo was releasedÃâà...
Express.co.uk
April 18, 2018
Just last week, an eight-year-old victim, Asifa Bano, had been gang-raped and murdered in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir State. Now Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh Chaurasia, has spoken about a second rape and murder: “The body of the girl was found in an under-construction house in the vicinity ofÃâà...
Deccan Herald
April 18, 2018
Before the President's address, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, while condemning the Kathua rape and murder case, said, “How can someone do such a cruel thing to a small girl who is a manifestation of Mata Vaishno Devi, there is something wrong with the society.” The horrific gang-rape and brutalÃâà...
SFGate
April 17, 2018
A Marin County man on trial for rape said Thursday he could not have committed the crime because he's "a good-looking guy" and the alleged victim is "300 pounds," local media reported. Izell Lewis, 26, of San Rafael, chose to represent himself during last week's proceedings, during which he also deniedÃâà...
The Guardian
April 17, 2018
McVey should also consider how her offer of support is coming at a time when services for rape victims are struggling with funding. Around 85,000 women are raped in England and Wales every year, and yet the organisations designed to help women are repeatedly threatened with cuts. In 2015, there wasÃâà...
NPR
April 17, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman about how the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl sparked protests across India. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email. Get The Stories That Grabbed Us This Week. Delivered to your inbox, these are the NPR stories you don't wantÃâà...
The Independent
April 17, 2018
It comes as eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India's Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court for the first ... India has long been plagued by violence against women and children - reported rapes climbed 60 per cent from 2012 to 40,000 in 2016.
Aljazeera.com
April 17, 2018
Deepika Rajawat, the lawyer representing the girl's family said she is facing death and rape threats from supporters of the accused. "Today, I don't know; I am not in my senses. I can be raped, I can be killed and maybe they won't allow me to practise in court. They (have) isolated me, I don't know how I canÃâà...
The Guardian
April 17, 2018
The abduction, gang-rape, and murder in India of eight-year-old Asifa Bano reveals such damage on a terrifying scale. It shows that ... by the BJP. The father of a teenage girl wanted merely to lodge a report with the police that his daughter had been raped over several days by a legislator and his brother.
The Diplomat
April 17, 2018
Some police officers not only sought to shield him after accepting a bribe, but one of them also asked him to wait to murder the girl until he raped her “one last time.” While the rape and killing took place in January, national newspapers have just learned about and reported on the incident, which has led toÃâà...
New York Times
April 17, 2018
An influential ex-editor tweeted that Muslim Rohingya refugees were to blame for the crime. A B.J.P. youth activist posted a comment, now deleted, on his Facebook page saying that the rape must have been fun. A pornography site reported a surge in searches for videos using the raped and murdered girl'sÃâà...
Boston 25 News
April 17, 2018
A local woman is outraged after she says an Uber driver raped her and then left the country. That suspect was arraigned on Friday, posted bail and is believed to have fled the country. Boston 25 News would not normally identify victims of sexual assault, but Emily Murray insisted to our Bob Ward that sheÃâà...
CBS News
April 17, 2018
The high court also ordered security for the family's lawyer, Deepika Rajawat, who has alleged faced rape and death threats herself. "I don't know how long I will be alive. I can be raped… I can be killed… I was threatened 'we will not forgive you,' yesterday," Rajawat told journalists on Sunday.
CNN
April 16, 2018
New Delhi (CNN) Thousands of people have taken to the streets across India in reaction to a series of high-profile rape cases, in some of the largest mass ... During that period, police say she was raped repeatedly by several different men, before being murdered and dumped in a nearby forest. Police haveÃâà...
The Guardian
April 16, 2018
Eight men have appeared in court accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India's Jammu and Kashmir state. It is the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the ruling Bharatiya Janata party. Ankur Sharma, a lawyer for the accused,Ãâà...
The Federalist
April 3, 2018
In 2018, Texas is the only state to have enacted comprehensive statewide reform to address the national crisis of rape kit backlogs. Texas is showcasing creative solutions to this injustice, and other states should take notice. For far too long, vulnerable women have been twice victimized: first by their rapistsÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 3, 2018
The FIR stated that an unidentified person raped the minor and then strangled her. On Monday, the police said a case against unidentified persons was filed under the name of the deceased minor's father Mohammad Afzal. Soon after the news of the incident made rounds, the residents of Jaranwala closedÃâà...
KKTV 11 News
April 3, 2018
"There was six of them and they gang-raped my granddaughter," said the girl's grandfather, who got in a shouting match with the Williams' family members and was forced to leave. He protested the plea bargain, angrily stating the men should do time. The crime happened in late 2016 at the StonebrookÃâà...
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
April 3, 2018
Charges were recently dismissed against a Kennewick man accused of rape. Todd J. Gaines, 34, was arrested last April and charged with second-degree rape-domestic violence, intimidating a witness-domestic violence and second-degree theft-domestic violence, according to Walla Walla CountyÃâà...
Governing
April 3, 2018
As few as 1 in 5 rapes are reported, they say. In an attempt to close that gap, a little-known change in Illinois state law is trying to improve how police respond to victims of rape, mandating police officers across the state undergo new training that not only emphasizes the need for sensitivity to the difficultÃâà...
Hamilton Journal News
April 3, 2018
Oxford rape trial begins after plea bargain rejected. 0 ... Roger Richard Michael Simpson, 24, of Cincinnati, is charged with 23 felony crimes, including 10 counts of rape, sexual battery, complicity to rape and ... The plea was to one count of rape and one count of complicity to rape, both first degree felonies.
Al-Arabiya
April 3, 2018
More than five years after a horrific rape sparked promises to empower women in India and reform the handling of sexual assault cases, victims say they still face harassment when they turn to police for help. The sickening assault on Delhi student Jyoti Singh in 2012 provoked national soul-searching aboutÃâà...
CBS News
April 2, 2018
According to KFSM, the teacher was at the school on a Sunday preparing a classroom at Frank Tillery Elementary School when she left to use the restroom. A police report states that she was confronted by a man with a gun as she was leaving the bathroom, who then raped her in two different locations.
The Sun
March 26, 2018
A TEENAGE boy has been charged after two girls were allegedly raped at a Kent shopping centre. The 16-year-old was arrested after the sexual assault claims at Pentagon ... rapes allegedly took place at the Pentagon Shopping Centre in Chatham. He has since been charged with three counts of rape.
The Guardian
March 26, 2018
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Parker has been hired to direct Black and Blue, based on the memoirs of Ralph Waddy, an African-American former Los Angeles detective who worked on a series of high-profile cases, including the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the Manson murders and serialÃâà...
Irish Times
March 26, 2018
You refer in the judgment to the perpetrator building a relationship with his son. You do not acknowledge anywhere that this is also the child of the woman who was raped, seriously assaulted and threatened with death by this man. Nor do you acknowledge that this child was present when the physical assault and rapeÃâà...
Toledo Blade
March 26, 2018
4, 2010, rape of a 23-year-old Toledo woman who had just been released from the Lucas County jail; the Sept. 19, 2010, rape of a 22-year-old woman who also had just left the jail after trying to visit a friend, and a July 14, 2011, sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl near Hamilton Street and City Park Avenue.
The Guardian
March 26, 2018
“For anyone who has the courage to report it and then gets to the point where they can't continue – to then force them to testify is inhumane,” said Sandy Brindley, the chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland. “It's also self-defeating – if you have to put them in the cells the night before it's not going to be usefulÃâà...
BethesdaMagazine.com
March 26, 2018
A man raped a Gaithersburg woman as she entered her apartment earlier this month, Montgomery County police said. A 27-year-old woman was ... Anyone who recognizes the man or who has information about the rape can call 240-773-5050 or leave an anonymous tip at 866-411-TIPS. Crime Solvers ofÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 26, 2018
Pakistani police have arrested 12 people for allegedly ordering a man to rape a girl in revenge for the rape of his sister. A police officer in the eastern city of Pir Mahal, in Punjab Province, said the 12 people arrested included members of a village council, or jirga. Rehmat Ali said that following the rape of aÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
The suit then alleges that he raped her in the room. The complaint seeks $10 million in damages for forcible rape, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit does not specify when the woman says she met Mr. Simmons. In a statement to Billboard, Mr.
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