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Calif. Sunday School Teacher May Also Face Rape Charge

Will be charged today; may face death penalty

Apr 14, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The California Sunday school teacher set to be accused of killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu may also face rape and child molestation charges, qualifying her for the death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Melissa Huckaby will be arraigned this afternoon; prosecutors will charge her with murder but are debating whether... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • murder • child molestation • rape • church • arraignment • child rape • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby

South African Rapists Taught
to 'Castrate the Act'

Lack of parenting, understanding of rape cause country's 'silent epidemic'

Apr 5, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Blasé police, indifferent parents, and a misogynistic culture all conspire to plague South Africa with rape cases, but a few programs are trying to make a difference, NPR reports. Instead of serving prison time, many juvenile offenders are being taught more appropriate responses to women. "You don't want them... More »

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women • police • rape • South Africa • doctors

(Newser) - Pressure from British and German leaders over legalized rape in Afghanistan has pushed President Hamid Karzai to order a review of a law governing Shiites, Reuters reports. Karzai said the Justice Ministry would scrutinize the Shiite Personal Status Law and send it back to parliament if necessary. But he said... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Gordon Brown • Hamid Karzai • rape • domestic violence • sexual assault • Shiite Personal Status Law

Subway Workers Who Witnessed Rape Not Liable

Calling cops as woman was assaulted sufficient, judge rules

Apr 1, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A woman raped in the New York City subway while MTA employees looked on will get no relief from the courts, the New York Post reports. Both a conductor and a station agent saw the woman being assaulted in 2005; they called police and did nothing more. A judge... More »

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crime • rape • judge • lawsuit • MTA • New York City Subway • transit workers

Critics: Afghan 'Home Rape' Law Worse
Than Taliban

Wives can't refuse sex in Karzai nod to right

Mar 31, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are blasting a new law in Afghanistan that forbids a woman to refuse sex with her husband or to leave home without his permission, reports the Guardian. The law, opposed by the UN, is viewed as a major step backward for women in a nation whose constitution supports equal... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Hamid Karzai • sexism • United States • rape • sexual assault

OPINION

Culture of
Rape Plagues African Women

'Horrendous' work by cops, doctors helps perps go free

Mar 29, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Decades of violence have left South Africans numb to even the most gruesome acts of rape, NPR reports. Tens of thousands of women are raped each year, nearly half of them under 18, but many cases go unreported by victims. Cops and doctors, whose work is “horrendous,” aren’... More »

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women • police • rape • South Africa • doctors

'Colombia Fritzl' Fathered 11 Kids With  Daughter

Man accused of imprisoning girl, raping her from age 9

Mar 29, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Colombian man has been accused of imprisoning his daughter and raping her from the age of 9 and fathering 11 children with her, the BBC reports. He denies incest and rape charges, insisting his daughter was adopted and that the two “agreed to have a romantic relationship because... More »

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crime • Colombia • rape • incest • child rape • Josef Fritzl • imprisonment • Howard Stern Grid

 'Italian Fritzl' and Son Arrested 

Father accused of raping daughter, encouraging son to do the same

Mar 28, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian police have arrested a father and son in an incest case they are comparing to the horrors of the Fritzl household, the Daily Telegraph reports. The patriarch of the Turin family is accused of controlling and raping his daughter for 25 years and encouraging his son to rape both... More »

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Italy • rape • sexual abuse • incest • Josef Fritzl • Howard Stern Grid

Interview

 Tyson: I Hear Voices  


Mar 21, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Tyson’s handlers want him to stay on task, to talk about his new movie Tyson. The notorious heavyweight has other ideas. “I’ll talk about anything,” he says. “I’m not ashamed of anything I’ve done in my life.” And talk he... More »

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boxing • Mike Tyson • rape • insanity • movies

 Fritzl 
 Heads 
 to Plush 
 Psych Cell 

He'll have color TV, computer and maybe a pet in unit of Viennese hospital

Mar 20, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Austrian monster dad Josef Fritzl will spend his days in far plusher accommodations than his daughter, who was repeatedly raped in her cellar prison for 24 years. Fritzl has been sentenced to life and remanded to a secure psychiatric unit of a Viennese hospital because of what the judge called... More »

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rape • Austria • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • life sentence • psychiatric unit • Howard Stern Grid

 Fritzl Gets 
 Life Sentence 

Incest dad found guilty on all charges

Mar 19, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl has been found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life in a secure psychiatric facility, the BBC reports. Jurors found Fritzl guilty on charges that included rape, incest, murder, and enslavement after he locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, raped her... More »

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murder • rape • Austria • guilty • enslavement • incest • verdict • Josef Fritzl • life sentence

 Fritzl: 'I 
 Can't Go 
 Back and 
 Change It' 

Jury to decide case today

Mar 19, 09 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Monster dad Josef Fritzl apologized "from the bottom of my heart" today for keeping his daughter locked in a cellar as a sex slave for 24 years, then added: "I can't go back and change it." Fritzl, 73, made his remarks as an Austrian jury was about... More »

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murder • rape • Austria • trial • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Kerstin Fritzl • Rosemarie Fritzl

 Activist Pakistani 
 Gang-Rape 
 Victim Marries 

Unusual for victims of rape, who are heavily stigmatized

Mar 18, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(AP) - A Pakistani gang-rape victim who shunned custom and rose to global fame by speaking out about her case has defied another local taboo—she just got married. Rape victims in Pakistan face severe social stigma and diminished marriage prospects, prompting many to commit suicide. But Mukhtar Mai went public and... More »

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Pakistan • women's rights • marriage • rape

 Fritzl Daughter 
 Gives Video Testimony 

Will be held on camera; press faces jail for reporting

Mar 17, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The judge in Josef Fritzl’s incest trial kicked press and the public out of the court today ahead of Elisabeth Fritzl’s video testimony in a move to protect her identity, the Guardian reports. Her recorded evidence is being played “in small portions,” a court official said,... More »

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rape • Austria • sexual abuse • trial • court • testimony • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

 Fritzl Blames It All 
 on 'Troubled Childhood' 

Lawyer says dungeon dad's just a guy who wanted a big family

Mar 16, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently Josef Frizl’s mom made him do it. Austria’s most infamous incestuous rapist today told the court he’d committed his awful deeds because he had a “troubled childhood,” the Daily Telegraph reports. Fritzl regaled the court with the story of his early days, showing... More »

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rape • trial • testimony • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

(Newser) - Israel's top lawman will charge ex-President Moshe Katsav with raping and sexually harassing his former employees, the BBC reports. In the latest development of a nearly 3-year legal drama, Israeli officials said that "the complainants' testimony was reliable and that there is sufficient evidence for an indictment." ... More »

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Israel • sexual harassment • rape • Moshe Katsav • politician

Dad Says Military Masked Rape-Murder as Suicide

Questions raised about dead soldiers who may have been sexually abused

Mar 8, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A California father is accusing the US military of covering up the rape and murder of his soldier daughter who authorities say committed suicide, reports the Los Angeles Times. Army Pfc. LaVena Johnson, found dead of a rifle blast in her mouth in an Iraq contractor's tent without a suicide... More »

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military • women • murder • rape • US troops • female troops • Bill Maher Grid

Rape Victim Asks for Forgiveness

NC woman who named wrong attacker bonds with innocent man

Mar 7, 09 5:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Every day for 11 years, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino prayed for her rapist to die. But the man she identified to police wasn’t her attacker. “That was unbearable,” Thompson-Cannino tells NPR. “Discovering the truth filled me with overwhelming guilt and shame for mistakenly putting an innocent man in... More »

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prison • rape • Bill Maher Grid

Fritzl's Daughter Will Get Profits From TV Tell-All

Creditors agree to unusual deal for Elisabeth, 6 children

Mar 6, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Creditors in Austria will donate the proceeds from an interview with Josef Fritzl to the daughter he raped and imprisoned for 24 years, the Austrian Times reports. Elisabeth Fritzl and her six children were about to be left with nothing after creditors divvied up her father’s bankrupt estate, which... More »

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rape • Austria • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • imprisonment

(Newser) - Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl defended his imprisonment of daughter Elisabeth as necessary to stop her abuse of household chemicals, the Daily Mail reports. “She had been sniffing cleaning fluids and I decided I should talk with her in my cellar,” Fritzl said of the day in 1984... More »

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rape • drug abuse • murder trial • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • imprisonment

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