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July 2008
- Son of Bermuda Leader Facing Sex, Fraud Rap
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  The son of Bermuda’s premier, a 37-year-old Los Angeles doctor, is facing 19 felony charges, the AP reports, including raping and molesting patients. Kevin Antario Brown, son of Premier Ewart Brown, is also under investigation for “multiple health care fraud schemes,” the LA Times reports. Bail was set at a hefty $4 million, with authorities fearing Brown would flee to his native island. More »
  
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  Los Angeles • rape • sexual abuse • patients
- McCain Puts the 'Pol' in 'Politically Incorrect'
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT
  
  This week's flap over a rape joke John McCain reportedly made 22 years ago inspired Politico to recall the candidate's checkered history of telling jokes. Some examples: A quip about why then-18-year-old Chelsea Clinton was "so ugly.” Calling a young man who asked about his age “you little jerk" and adding, "You’re drafted!” More »
  
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  John McCain • Iran • France • rape • Chelsea Clinton • humor • draft • Janet Reno
- Judge: Rape Victim Can Sue Lottery-Winning Attacker
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 9, 08 5:04 AM CDT
  
  Britain's High Court has ruled that a rape victim can sue her lottery-winning attacker 20 years after the crime, reports the Guardian . The man bought a lottery ticket while on day release from prison and won a $14 million jackpot. The case is exceptional but it may set a precedent for other victims previously defeated by a six-year limit for compensation claims. More »
  
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  lawsuit • United Kingdom • rape • sex offenders • lottery • prisoner
- Teen Rapes Reported at Mugabe Torture Camps
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jul 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  Teenage pregnancy rates have spiked after youth militia members began raping Zimbabwean girls in President Robert Mugabe's torture camps, human rights workers tell the Times of London . The stigma against rape victims has kept the victims mostly silent, but a single hospital saw a spike of 16 expectant teenagers, and the trend is thought to be fairly widespread. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • rape • torture • Movement for Democratic Change • teen pregnancy • MDC • militia • parliament
June 2008
- 'Rape' Girl's Death Sparks Chinese Riots
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 29, 08 6:48 AM CDT
  
  Furious Chinese mobs claiming authorities are covering up the murder of a teenage girl yesterday stormed government buildings in southwest China. Several thousand people set fire to county and party buildings and police stations in Wengan county in Guizhou, the BBC reports. Authorities have ruled the death of the girl a suicide. But rioters charge she was raped and murdered by the son of a government official. More »
  
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  China • rape • riots • Chinese • cover up
- Justices Strike Death Penalty for Child Rape
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 25, 08 10:19 AM CDT
  
  The Supreme Court found today that the “death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,” striking down a Louisiana law as cruel and unusual punishment. While the court split 5-4 on the hot-button issue—swing justice Anthony Kennedy penned the opinion—there has not been an execution in 44 years for a crime that didn’t involve a victim’s death. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • rape • death penalty • Exxon Valdez • punitive damages
- Obama Pokes Mac on Sexist Texan Bundler
  
  newser | Politico | Jun 16, 08 12:32 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama's campaign isn’t missing a beat, Politico notes, on publicizing John McCain’s dealings with a man who once said of rape, “As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.” Said an Obama rep of accepting $300,000 from Clayton Williams, “That’s an interesting stand to take as they ramp up their efforts to win over women voters.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • rape
May 2008
- Reporters Can't Let Trauma Stop Them
  
  newser | Quill | May 17, 08 1:38 PM CDT
  
  One North Carolina reporter is still haunted by the horror of rapes and murders she witnessed every day. But her empathy also made her a better reporter, and that’s worth it, Melissa Manware writes in Quill . When readers, particularly former victims, responded to stories, it made “the work worth the heartache.” But Manware is still tormented by the ringing phone of a cyclist killed by a city bus. More »
  
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  murder • crime • rape • newspaper • reporter • opinion • reporting • trauma
- Teen Shares Rape Tale on YouTube
  
  newser | CNN | May 16, 08 8:05 AM CDT
  
  After her case was dropped by the courts, a 16-year-old girl turned to YouTube to share her story of rape, CNN reports. “It's the only way I know that someone out there in the world is going to listen to me," says the tearful girl in her video. She joins a growing number of young people seeking help with abuse via the Internet—a method that can be dangerous, experts warn. More »
  
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  Internet • YouTube • rape • teenager
- ERs Will Offer Anonymous Rape Tests to Victims
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 14, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  Starting next year throughout the US, rape victims will be able to take an anonymous forensic rape test in the ER and save the evidence in case they want to press charges. The so-called "Jane Doe" kits will be paid for by states, reports the AP. "Sometimes the issue of actually having to make a report to police can be a barrier to victims," says a forensic nurse. More »
  
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  rape • emergency room • forensics
- Cops Plan to Quiz Fritzl's Wife Again
  
  newser | Times (UK) | May 11, 08 12:50 PM CDT
  
  Austrian police want another round of questioning with Josef Fritzl's 68-year-old wife, the Times of London reports. But the chief investigator in the case doesn't count Rosemarie Fritzl a suspect, and asked, “What woman would stay silent if she knew that her husband had seven children with his daughter and was holding her prisoner in the cellar?” More »
  
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  rape • Josef Fritzl • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Rosemarie Fritzl • police investigation
- Marine Guilty of Sex 'Misconduct' in Hiroshima
  
  newser | CNN | May 9, 08 5:23 AM CDT
  
  A US Marine was convicted of "wrongful sexual misconduct" with a 19-year-old Japanese woman, but was acquitted of the more serious charge of rape, reports CNN. The Marine, 20, is one of four accused of attacking the woman in Hiroshima. The case was heard by an American military court amid mounting anger over the US military presence in Japan after Japanese authorities decided not to press charges. More »
  
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  Japan • rape • US Marine Corps • Hiroshima
- Hooker Sex Is Rape, London Ads Warn Johns
  
  newser | Reuters | May 8, 08 12:10 PM CDT
  
  British authorities are targeting men who pay for sex with a hard-hitting ad campaign comparing some instances to rape, Reuters reports. Because thousands of women trafficked into the country each year are forced into prostitution, there's nothing consensual about the sex they sell, the ads suggest. "Walk in a punter, walk out a rapist," say the ads to be posted in men's rooms. More »
  
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  United Kingdom • London • rape • prostitution • prostitute • brothel • human trafficking
- Fritzl Blames Nazis, Says He Was Trying to Save Daughter
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 8, 08 11:53 AM CDT
  
  In jail-cell notes released by his lawyer, Josef Fritzl goes to bizarre lengths to defend the rape and imprisonment of his daughter, citing his Nazi upbringing for instilling “a high regard for decency and uprightness,” and a need to save the 18-year-old Elisabeth from drinking and dissipation. “She was going out to seedy bars and would spend whole nights there drinking and smoking," he wrote. "I only tried to rescue her from that life." More »
  
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  rape • media • Josef Fritzl • Austria • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • insanity • Rudolf Mayer
- Letters Show Fritzl Daughter Meant to Leave Home
  
  newser | BBC | May 8, 08 11:08 AM CDT
  
  Elisabeth Fritzl intended to leave home just before her father imprisoned her, letters published in the Oesterreich newspaper show. “After the exams … I'm moving in with my sister and her boyfriend,” the 18-year-old wrote to a friend in 1984. “Cross your fingers for me. When you get this letter, it will all be over,” she wrote just weeks before she disappeared. More »
  
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  rape • Josef Fritzl • Austria • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • abuse • letters
- Fritzl Triggers Change in Austria Sex Law
  
  newser | BBC | May 8, 08 7:41 AM CDT
  
  The Josef Fritzl case has spurred Austrian legislators to initiate changes in sex crime laws to prevent child abuse, the BBC reports. As Fritzl kept his daughter imprisoned as a sex slave, he was granted custody for three of the children he fathered with her— despite a rape conviction. His conviction was wiped off the books after 15 years. Austria now wants to keep sex crime records for at least 30 years. More »
  
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  rape • Josef Fritzl • sexual abuse • Austria • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • conviction • sex offenders
- Police Think Dungeon Dad Raped Granddaughter
  
  newser | Daily Mail (UK) | May 6, 08 10:42 AM CDT
  
  Josef Fritzl might not have stopped at raping his daughter, Austrian police now say, fearing now that Fritzl raped granddaughter Kerstin, the oldest incest child born in his cellar dungeon, the Daily Mail reports. But police aren't able to question the 19-year-old because she is still in an induced coma, though she is now stable and expected to live. More »
  
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  rape • child abuse • Josef Fritzl • Austria • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Kerstin Fritzl
- Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives
  
  newser | CNN | May 6, 08 6:18 AM CDT
  
  A husband in the Texas polygamist ranch where children were seized to protect them from suspected child abuse has 36 kids and 21 wives—with the youngest 43 years his junior, reports CNN. The information on the 67-year-old member—whose youngest child is 6 months old—is included on a "bishop's list" of families kept by the sect. The "bishop" is believed to be leader Warren Jeffs, serving time as an accomplice to child rape. More »
  
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  rape • polygamy • child abuse • Yearning for Zion ranch • Warren Jeffs • child rape • Eldorado
- Sister-in-Law: Fritzl's Wife Never Suspected
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 5, 08 5:30 AM CDT
  
  The wife of the Austrian grandfather who kept their daughter imprisoned in a basement under their apartment for 24 years never suspected she was there, her sister tells the AP. Rosemarie Fritzl believed her husband's tale that the daughter he kept as a sex slave ran away from home to join a cult. The two women even “did detective work” to search for the cult, the sister said. More »
  
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  rape • Josef Fritzl • sexual abuse • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Rosemarie Fritzl
- Fritzl Will Plead Insanity
  
  newser | Times (UK) | May 4, 08 1:28 PM CDT
  
  The man charged with imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and repeatedly raping her may not spend long behind bars, reports the Times of London, as Josef Fritzel's lawyer plans to plead insanity to avoid a prison term. “Josef Fritzl is mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions," and belongs "in a closed psychiatry ward," Rudolf Mayer said. More »
  
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  rape • Josef Fritzl • sexual abuse • incest • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • insanity • plea

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