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  • August 2007

    • Seven-Year-Old Rape Charges Yield Arrest

      Associated Press  |  Aug 31, 07 12:37 PM CDT

      Seven-Year-Old Rape Charges Yield Arrest

      (Newser) - An Illinois man appeared in court yesterday to face rape charges filed against him seven years ago—when prosecutors didn't know his name, but knew his DNA. In 2000, Milwaukee prosecutor Norm Gahn was among the first in the country to file charges based solely on a DNA profile—in this case a serial rapist identified by semen from five young victims. Gahn's "John Doe" finally turned up in the FBI's DNA bank in June. More »

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    • Sales Rocket for Morning-After Pill

      Associated Press  |  Aug 23, 07 3:54 AM CDT

      Sales Rocket for Morning-After Pill

      (Newser) - Sales of the morning-after pill have zoomed since it became available over the counter last year, but conservative activists are still lobbying to block it from pharmacy shelves. The federal Food and Drug Administration ruled in 2006 that the pill, marketed under the name Plan B, be made available without a prescription to customers 18 and older . More »

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      rape  • abortion  • birth control  • contraception  • Plan B

    • Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

      Reuters  |  Aug 5, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

      (Newser) - A military court handed Jesse Spielman a dishonorable discharge and a 110-year prison sentence for raping and murdering an Iraqi girl last year. Spielman and four comrades planned the 2006 assault on a family near Baghdad over a drunken game of cards; they then gang-raped and murdered the girl, her parents and sister, according to the court. More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • rape  • military  • court  • soldier  • war crimes  • sentencing  • death sentence

  • July 2007

    • Parole Chief: Right Decision Made on Killers

      Hartford Courant (Conn.)  |  Jul 26, 07 4:55 PM CDT

      Parole Chief: Right Decision Made on Killers

      (Newser) - A Connecticut parole chief is under fire for releasing a burglar who’s now suspected of kidnapping and raping two sisters before murdering them, along with their mother. But Robert Farr is standing by his decision, claiming the board was missing facts at the time of the parole—and its decision might have been different otherwise. More »

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      murder  • kidnapping  • rape  • Connecticut  • parole  • burglar

    • College Prez Fired Over Rape, Murder Cover-Up

      ABC News  |  Jul 17, 07 5:22 AM CDT

      College Prez Fired Over Rape, Murder Cover-Up

      (Newser) - The president of Eastern Michigan University has been fired for his role in covering up the rape and murder of a 22-year-old old student in a campus dorm last year, ABC News reports. The school's vice president and public safety director were also ousted. The parents of the slain student, Laura Dickinson, were initially told there was no sign of foul play. More »

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  • June 2007

    • Police Bust Huge Global Pedophile Ring

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 19, 07 5:04 AM CDT

      Police Bust Huge Global Pedophile Ring

      (Newser) - Detectives in 36 countries have busted a global pedophile ring, rescuing 31 young children and babies who were sexually abused live on the Internet, and identifying 700 suspects. "You could go and if you were in the club, arrange a time and a place when online you could view a child being raped and brutalized in real time," said a British investigator. More »

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      Internet  • Great Britain  • rape  • child abuse  • sexual abuse  • pedophile  • chat room  • Suffolk

    • Duke Settles With Lacrosse Players

      Associated Press  |  Jun 18, 07 3:50 PM CDT

      Duke Settles With Lacrosse Players

      (Newser) - Duke University has reached a settlement with the three lacrosse players falsely accused of rape last year. Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and Dave Evans, who were suspended last year, will receive an undisclosed amount from the university, which admitted with surprising directness that the deal is intended to close the door on future lawsuits. More »

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      lawsuit  • rape  • Duke University  • Durham  • Mike Nifong  • Duke rape case  • Duke lacrosse  • Reade Seligmann  • Collin Finnerty  • Dave Evans

    • Nifong Disbarred

      News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Jun 17, 07 6:41 AM CDT

      Nifong Disbarred

      (Newser) - North Carolina's Disciplinary Hearing Commission found that Durham County prosecutor Mike Nifong intentionally and repeatedly lied in prosecuting three Duke University lacrosse players for rape.  Nifong gave up his law license minutes later.  Nifong now likley faces civil law suits by the men he wrongly prosecuted.  More »

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      rape  • North Carolina  • law  • Duke University  • Durham  • Mike Nifong  • Duke rape case

    • Duke Prosecutor to Resign

      Washington Post  |  Jun 16, 07 9:57 AM CDT

      Duke Prosecutor to Resign

      (Newser) - Mike Nifong broke down in tears on the stand at his ethics trial yesterday as he announced his intention to resign as Durham DA. Admitting that he got "carried away" in the case against the three "innocent" Duke University lacrosse players he prosecuted for rape, Nifong apologized to the defendants and their families for causing unnecessary "pain." More »

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      rape  • trial  • ethics  • Duke University  • Durham  • Mike Nifong  • Duke rape case

    • Duke DA Faces Ethics Charges

      ABC News  |  Jun 12, 07 9:04 PM CDT

      Duke DA Faces Ethics Charges

      (Newser) - North Carolina DA Mike Nifong, who spearheaded the rape and kidnapping case against three Duke lacrosse players, now faces his own set of charges for withholding evidence, making inappropriate public comments about the case, and lying to a judge and state bar investigators. His trial in front of a disciplinary commission starts this morning and could last four days. More »

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      kidnapping  • rape  • DNA  • North Carolina  • ethics  • law  • Duke University  • Durham  • Mike Nifong  • Duke rape case  • prosecutor

  • April 2007
  • March 2007

    • Fashion Designer Charged With Rape

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 20, 07 2:14 PM CDT

      Fashion Designer Charged With Rape

      (Newser) - Celeb clothier Anand Jon swapped a Smashbox Studios fashion show for a Beverly Hills jail this week, as police filed an additional 15 felony sexual assault charges against the designer. Jon, who had been slated to star in his own VH1 reality series, was arrested last week on charges that included forcible rape and lewd acts upon a child. More »

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      celebrity  • rape  • fashion  • investigation

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