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Killer, serial rapist gets death penalty in O.C. attacks
A serial rapist in Orange County was sentenced to death Friday for sexually assaulting and killing a woman, raping three others and physically assaulting another woman, prosecutors said. Waymon Livingston, 29, was found guilty in February of several...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Outrage in Canada after teen suicide, alleged gang rape
Outraged Canadians are demanding police action after an alleged gang rape and suicide in Nova Scotia, a tragedy that has drawn parallels to recent assault cases in Ohio and California. Seventeen-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons hanged herself last week after...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man convicted of Disneyland bomb threats faces sex crimes charges
A 59-year-old man serving a federal prison sentence in Arizona for making bomb threats to Disneyland faces multiple counts of sexual assault involving two Orange County women he met through Pennysaver ads in the 1980s. James Michael Camp, 59, of...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Prisons, Theft, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Man released under prison realignment law is held in rape case
A 32-year-old Fontana man who was released from state prison to the supervision of San Bernardino County authorities under a controversial state law has been arrested on suspicion of rape, authorities said Wednesday afternoon. Juan Francisco Aguilera...
Tags: Laws, Prisons, Theft, Sex Crimes, Judges
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Exclusive: Prosecutors hunt for DNA from dead killers, rapists
Opening a new frontier for solving cold cases, California prosecutors are hunting for DNA from killers, rapists and other prison inmates who died before authorities obtained their genetic profiles. Prosecutors from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Orange...
Tags: Laws, American Civil Liberties Union, Prisons, Sex Crimes, Murder
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Drunkenness isn't the same as consent
It would be easy to close the book and say justice has been served in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case. Two high school football stars were found guilty Sunday of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old at a party in a case that became a national scandal...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Crime, Law and Justice, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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India passes rape law that sets age of consent at 18
REWARI, India -- India passed anti-rape legislation Thursday that included a controversial provision setting the age of sexual consent at 18. Reformers argued the law, which was passed in a hurried response to public anger over the fatal mid-December...
Tags: India, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Physical Therapy
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Two U.S. sailors sentenced to prison for Okinawa rape
Two American sailors will be imprisoned for the rape and robbery of a young woman in Okinawa, a crime that has renewed opposition to the heavy U.S. military presence on the Japanese island. The Naha court on Friday sentenced 24-year-old Christopher...
Tags: U.S. Military, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sex Crimes, Japan
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Jail time for journalist and Somali woman who alleged rape
A woman who accused Somali security forces of raping her must spend a year behind bars for making a “false accusation” and insulting the government, a Mogadishu court ruled Tuesday. Court official Ahmed Aden Farah said medical evidence showed...
Tags: Al Jazeera (tv network), Mogadishu (Somalia), Justice and Rights, Prisons, Politics
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Decision on venue for Ohio rape trial expected this week
A judge is expected to rule this week on whether to move the trial of two high school football players charged with raping a drunk and unconscious girl as classmates tweeted comments and shared pictures of the incident. The case has drawn national...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, High School Sports, Sports
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Morocco poised to stop exonerating rapists who marry victims
Nearly a year after a Moroccan teen took her life after being wed to her rapist, the country is poised to change a law allowing "seducers" to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. Rights activists were heartened by Justice Minister Mustapha...
Tags: Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Politics, Sex Crimes, Activism
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Trial in Indian gang-rape case begins
NEW DELHI -- Minutes after the suspects were whisked past reporters into a closed court, the high-profile trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a 23-year old physiotherapy student opened Thursday. The woman and her 28-year-old male friend,...
Tags: Physical Therapists, Politics, Prisons, Sex Crimes, New Delhi (India)
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