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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: Shinzo Abe, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Armed Forces, 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: Crime Victims, Civil Rights, Prisons, Justice and Rights, Al Jazeera (tv network)
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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: Judges, Prosecution, Sports, Phil McGraw, Justice System
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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: Morocco, Civil Rights, Activism, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Web plays incendiary role in Ohio high school rape case
The two high school football players accused of rape will get their day in court. The city of Steubenville, Ohio, however, will have to fight some of its battles online, where news of the case began. It's the story of a horrifying accusation met with...
Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Sports, Justice System, Anonymous (internet groups)
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Suspects appear in court in Indian rape case
NEW DELHI – Protracted shouting by lawyers insisting that suspects in a high-profile gang rape case don’t deserve legal representation marked the first court appearance Monday of five defendants and raised concerns among legal and human-rights...
Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Litigation, Justice System, New Delhi (India)
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Indian prosecutors will seek death penalty in gang-rape case
NEW DELHI — Indian authorities on Thursday said they will seek the death penalty against five men accused of raping and fatally beating a woman on a bus in the country’s capital, an attack that has sparked a wave of protests over the...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, New Delhi (India), Death Penalty, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Judges, Physical Therapists, Justice System, New Delhi (India), Prisons
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Assembly speaker introduces bill to close legal loophole in rape cases
PolitiCalAssembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) has joined with a Republican lawmaker to introduce legislation that would close a legal loophole that led a state appeals court to overturn the rape conviction of a California man. Citing a 19th...... -
Ex-customs officer gets 6 years for raping 2 women
L.A. NOWA former U.S. customs and border protection officer charged with raping two women was sentenced Tuesday to six years in state prison.... -
Lawmakers vow to close legal loophole in rape cases
PolitiCalState lawmakers are vowing to close a legal loophole cited by a state appeals court this week in a controversial ruling that overturned the rape conviction of a California man.... -
Victim unmarried, so court tosses rape by impersonation conviction
L.A. NOW“A man enters the dark bedroom of an unmarried woman after seeing her boyfriend leave late at night, and has sexual intercourse with the woman while pretending to be the boyfriend,” the three-judge panel of the Second District Court of...
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