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Man Accused of Raping Woman at Denver Airport

Apr 14th 2011 – 9:51AM

DENVER - The rape of a woman at Denver International Airport has left family members raising questions about the late-night attack and officials defending security at the Rocky Mountain hub, which serves millions of travelers each year. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Wednesday that violent crime is rare at the...

New Push in Fight Against Sexual Violence on Campus

By Mara GayApr 5th 2011 – 4:20PM
Beth Hall, AP

Beth Hall, AP

Months after she was raped in her dorm room during her freshman year at Kansas State University, Madeleine Lietz heard a rumor. The man who raped her, also a Kansas State University student, had finally been expelled -- not for sexual assault, but because he had simply failed his classes and flunked out. In an account...

Did NY Times Get Rape Coverage Right the Second Time Around?

By Mara GayApr 2nd 2011 – 7:07AM

When an 11-year-old girl said she was raped multiple times by more than a dozen men in an abandoned trailer in Texas, the story made national headlines. Just how the story of her alleged rape should be told, however, has proved to be an explosive issue, one that has exposed critical fault lines in the way society thinks...

Loophole Means Utah Sex Offender May Go Free

Apr 1st 2011 – 1:51AM

PROVO, Utah -- Prosecutors in Utah are fighting to have a convicted sex offender facing multiple child sex abuse charges committed indefinitely after doctors deemed him no danger to society but mentally incompetent for trial, meaning he could soon see the case against him dropped and be set free. They won at least a...

Libyan Woman Faces Lawsuit After Claiming Rape [VIDEO]

Mar 31st 2011 – 11:05AM
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Background on rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent.

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