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Former Israeli President Sentenced to Seven Years for Rape

TEL AVIV, Israel - An Israeli court ordered former Israeli President Moshe Katsav to prison for seven years Tuesday following a rape conviction, rejecting his attorneys' request for leniency and making him the highest-ranking Israeli official ever sentenced to jail. The silver-haired Katsav remained stoic throughout most...

Lawrence Taylor Pleads Guilty to Sex Charges: A Timeline of His Legal Troubles

Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor sex charges. He will have to serve six years of probation and register as a sex offender, but will avoid jail time. The former New York Giants linebacker was arrested last year and charged with felony rape after he was accused of paying to have...

Police: 7 Arrested in Brutal Anti-Gay Attacks in NYC

NEW YORK (Oct. 8) -- Seven suspected members of a Bronx, N.Y., street gang have been arrested and charged with anti-gay hate crimes for sadistic sexual attacks on two 17-year-old boys, including one aspiring gang member, and a 30-year-old man, police say. The beatings -- which involved two episodes of sodomy, with a...

Stonewall Inn Anti-Gay Beating: What Constitutes a Hate Crime?

(Oct. 5) -- In the early hours of Sunday morning, two presumably straight men beat up a gay man in the bathroom of the Stonewall Inn, New York's most iconic gay bar, famed for the 1969 riots against police persecution that many credit with kicking off the modern gay rights movement. As the victim, Benjamin Carver,...

Hitchens on Bishop Eddie Long: 'Black Pulpit Gets a Sort of Free Pass'

(Sept. 28) -- "The easiest way to gain instant acceptance as a black 'leader' these days is to shove the word Reverend in front of your name," Christopher Hitchens laments in Slate this week. He's weighing in on the allegations surrounding Bishop Eddie Long, and typically pulls no punches. "Bishop Eddie Long of the New...

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06/04/12 Dozens of sex assault victims opt to wait Source: Canoe More sex assault victims than expected stored the evidence of their attacks while deciding whether to prosecute, as part of a one-year pilot program.
06/04/12 Forcible Rape Protection; Fake Accusations in Romantic... Source: GMR (Ziff Davis) Forcible rape and attempted forcible rape among people that know one another, either casually or nicely, make up a sizeable percentage with the false accusations within the criminal justice technique.
06/04/12 Woman sexually assaulted during robbery Source: AdelaideNow - Australia A Hampstead Gardens man, 25, has already been arrested following the alleged incident in which three men threatened two people in the house and demanded cash.
06/04/12 Man faces 80 years for child sex assault Source: The Portage Daily Register - Portage WI A rural Merrimac man, accused of sexually assaulting two children between 2004 and 2006, faces 80 years in prison on felony charges.
06/04/12 Delibrations continue in Catholic child abuse cover-up... Source: NBC - WPTZ NewsChannel 5 - Plattsburgh NY Deliberations resume Monday in Philadephia in the landmark trial of Monsignor William Lynn, the highest-ranking cleric charged with endangering children by allegedly helping cover up sexual abuse.