Showing posts with label Rape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rape. Show all posts

Friday, January 4, 2013

OUTRAGE: Court Overrules Rape Conviction Because Raped Woman Is Unmarried




A California appeals court overturned the rape conviction of a man who authorities say pretended to be a sleeping woman's boyfriend before initiating intercourse, ruling that an arcane law from 1872 doesn't protect unmarried women in such cases.
A panel of judges reversed the trial court's conviction of Julio Morales and remanded it for retrial, in a decision posted Wednesday from the Los Angeles-based court.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Swaziland Police Ban ‘Rape-Provoking’ Miniskirts





Women in Swaziland risk arrest if they wear miniskirts or tops which exposé part of their stomach as they will be violating moral standards, a police spokesperson has said.  “The act of a rapist is made easy, because it would be easy to remove the half-cloth worn by the women,” Wendy Hleta was quoted as saying.  Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal act dating back to 1889.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Indian Gang-Rape Victim Dies





Indian gang-rape victim has died Saturday in Singapore after suffering severe organ failure, the hospital treating her said, in a case that sparked widespread street protests over violence against women.
Authorities in India have been preparing for the possibility her death could ignite more protests after riot police were deployed on the capital’s streets in the wake of the attack amid simmering anger at the daily dangers women face.

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