Rape

Rape in the ranks

2012-05-09 11:51:39

Sexual assault in the military threatens our national security. This has been a hard lesson for military leaders to learn, but thanks to significant pressure from Congress and victims' advocates, they're starting to get the picture. Last month, Secretary...

County police will suspend collecting DNA evidence in some cases

2012-04-27 10:18:00

The Baltimore County Police Department announced Friday that, in the wake of a Maryland Court of Appeals opinion, it will discontinue collection of DNA samples at the time of arrest from suspects charged with certain violent crimes. But in a press...

Former Catholic school students fight to keep child rapist in prison

2012-04-28 17:20:00

Standing under a stormy sky, Bill Stankiewicz got chills as he looked toward the old brick building that once housed the Catholic Community middle school in South Baltimore. "It's kind of creepy," he said, rubbing goose bumps along his forearms. He hadn'...

Forensic nurses taking the lead on rape cases in Maryland

2012-04-21 14:04:51

Rape is a notoriously difficult crime to prosecute. Of every 100 rapes nationwide, 46 are reported, 12 lead to arrests and three result in prison sentences. To improve those odds, advocates are encouraging more nurses to receive the training to give a...

Laura Neuman: Harnessing power and perception

2012-03-28 09:01:00

Laura Neuman remembers exactly what she was wearing the night she was raped -- down to the pinstripes on her pajamas. She remembers the night so vividly that when she talks about it there is a visceral quality to the story. It happened when she was 18....

Merzbacher must not be freed

2012-03-22 14:01:45

The U.S. Supreme Court made an important ruling for the cause of fairness when it decided this week that the right to effective counsel extends to plea bargains and not just trials. As Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion in the 5-4 case,...

Saluting the rapists: America's culture of silence on sex

2011-12-28 03:00:00

Remember that awkward silence that fell across the nation back in '94 when Bill Clinton's surgeon general used the M-word? Jocelyn Elders, speaking at an AIDS conference at the U.N. about reducing the risk of sexually transmitted disease, said that...

Many ways to support the needy

2011-11-18 07:46:00

As we come to the close of another challenging year on the economic front for many, local nonprofit groups throughout the area are struggling to make ends meet and address growing needs in the community. These groups and the people they serve need our...

Seeing Baltimore's past in Penn State's present

2011-11-19 05:30:00

In Elizabeth Ann Murphy's case, it was the storage closet of her middle school in South Baltimore, not the locker room of a college team. Her attacker was her teacher, not a football coach. But whenever Murphy sees the news coverage of the Penn State...

Conservative federal appeals court shifts left

2011-11-19 12:40:00

The federal appellate court that covers Maryland has for years been considered one of the more right-leaning in the nation, finding that women can be banned from a military institute, that the FDA can't regulate tobacco and that confessions count even...

Man accused in Skateworks rape acquitted of most serious charges

2012-01-09 15:06:28

A Baltimore County man accused in a gang rape at a Woodlawn roller rink was acquitted Monday of the most serious charges against him. But Davon Perry faces two counts on which the judge declared a mistrial after members of the jury said they were...

Rape victim, investigator release book about 21- year odyssey

2012-01-21 14:59:00

For years, the stranger who raped her in her Annapolis bedroom maintained a hold over her. If it wasn't her self-imposed isolation from friends, it was the nightmares, or the difficulty of keeping up the facade that she was fine, or the drinking, or the...

The Sacramento Police Department is currently seeking Daryl WASHINGTON on a felony warrant for Rape of an Unconscious Victim. WASHINGTON is described as a 28-year-old Black male, 5� 04� tall and weighing 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

2011-11-15 14:16:08

In 2003, the biggest, most popular basketball player in the world was accused of rape in a story that sent shock waves throughout the sports world. The purported case occurred after Bryant checked into a spa in tiny Eagle Country, Colorado.

2011-11-10 12:37:07

Palm Beach Sheriffs' Detective Lori Gunn and CSI photographer Julie Dalton on board a helicopter to go photograph rape scenes from above. A serial rapist has brutally attacked five victims in Palm Beach County.

2011-11-08 00:00:00