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Shakespeare's Sister:
Don't Just Blame the Victim; Prosecute Her — A 17-year-old girl went to police at the urging of her friends after she was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including her boyfriend. The men testified that the act was consensual. After reviewing all the information and statements …
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Kevin Hayden / The American Street:
Gangrape Rewarded — I attended this trial. It was especially interesting that the prosecutor kept referring to the three men involved as 'boys', when they were fully grown men. The woman was 17. — The judge found inconsistencies in all of the stories, thus establishing reasonable doubt in every story.
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The Washington Monthly, Feministe, Pam's House Blend, Night Bird's Fountain, King of Zembla and Bitch Ph.D.
The Heretik:
TYPICAL — THE TYPICAL RESPONSE to rape in centuries past was the women asked for it. Now the typical response in Beaverton, Oregon may be go after the woman who claims rape if the charge of rape can't be proven. Because rape has historically been so well investigated and prosecutors in the past have cared so much.
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Running Scared
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
The Male Myth: Men Are Always Right, and They Are Never to be Questioned — This is a truly horrifying story: a teenage girl is convicted for filing a false rape charge, while her alleged attackers are believed sufficiently to get themselves off scot free — and the same alleged attackers' testimony …
Washington Post:
Rove Team Cites Warning From Reporter — Talk With Time's Novak Figures in Effort to Show Bush Adviser Did Not Lie — A reporter for Time magazine told Karl Rove's attorney in early 2004 that the White House deputy chief of staff might be in more legal trouble than he originally thought …
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David Corn / The Huffington Post:
What Happened Between the Second Novak and Rove's Laywer (An Exclusive?) — I have solved the Not-So-Great Mystery of the Second Novak—at least in part. — As readers of my blog and regular followers of the CIA leak case know, the latest bounce involves Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
'84 Alito Memo Backed Police Who Shot Unarmed Suspect — The Supreme Court nominee wrote that killing the teen could be 'justified as reasonable.' It reinforces his image as pro-law enforcement. — WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s views on abortion caused a stir this week …
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
FORWARD PROGRESS ON HAIFA STREET — I can imagine a scenario where various media outlets "divvied up" the President's speech at Annapolis, each claming a critical passage to do their best to discredit. This didn't happen, of course, but it's not hard to picture them printing the speech …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
In Newly Released Documents, a View of the Storm After Katrina — WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 - It was Thursday, Sept. 1, three days after Hurricane Katrina had ripped across the Gulf Coast. As New Orleans descended into horror, the top aides to Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana were certain …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
White House Seeks a Strategy for Victory, at Home and in Iraq — WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 - There could be no doubt about the theme of President Bush's Iraqi war strategy speech on Wednesday at the Naval Academy. He used the word victory 15 times in the address; "Plan for Victory" …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
A SPLENDID EVENING — Last night, Mrs. R. and I attended the Claremont Institute's Winston Churchill Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire, at which Mark Steyn was honored with the Henry Salvatori Prize. The evening was delightful. The Claremont people—Brian Kennedy, Bruce Sanborn, Larry Arnn …
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duluthsuperior.com:
State Department checks citizen representatives' political views — GOVERNMENT:Before private American citizens go overseas to represent the U.S., they are vetted to ensure their views mesh with those of the administration. — WASHINGTON - The State Department has been using political litmus tests …
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Obsidian Wings
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Report Finds Cover-Up in an F.B.I. Terror Case — WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 - Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation mishandled a Florida terror investigation, falsified documents in the case in an effort to cover repeated missteps and retaliated against an agent who first complained about the problems …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Oversight for Sore Eyes — It sounded on Thursday as if Senate committee chairmen were about to flex their oversight muscles. — An angry Armed Services Committee Chairman John W. Warner (R-Va.) summoned Pentagon officials for a briefing on the military's paying for favorable coverage in Iraqi newspapers.
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Brad DeLong's Semi …
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Wearying Wait for Federal Aid in New Orleans — NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2 - They are the faces and voices of a city's desperation. Stepping wearily up to a Federal Emergency Management Agency help center here, all have a similar story of ruin in the past, anxiety over the future and frustration in the present …
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Just a Bump in the Beltway
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Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
Torture Is 'Widespread' in China, U.N. Investigator Says — BEIJING, Dec. 2 - A high-level United Nations investigator condemned the "widespread" use of torture in Chinese law enforcement and said Beijing must overhaul its criminal laws, grant more power to judges and abolish labor camps …
