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From: Cstar1
12/29/12
Rapists, Beware: Detroit Prosecutor IDs 21 Attackers in ‘Rape Kit’ Investigation
Aug 28, 2012 4:45 AM EDTKym Worthy has identified 21 serial rapists so far in a sweeping investigation that could have national implications. Abigail Pesta reports on the crusade to eliminate the rape-kit backlog.
Twenty-one serial rapists have been identified in a massive investigation led by Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy—and her manhunt has only just begun.
Worthy is leading a charge to investigate more than 11,000 police “rape kits”—which contain swabs of semen, saliva, and other evidence of rape—so the rapists can be brought to justice. The thousands of rape kits had piled up in a dusty police warehouse in Detroit for years, ignored, until one of Worthy’s colleagues stumbled upon them in 2009. Since then, an outraged Worthy has been fighting to get the kits logged, tested for DNA, and then entered into the national DNA database.
- Edited 12/29/2012 10:32 am by Cstar1
From: Cstar1
12/29/12
Thousands of people have joined peaceful protests in India's capital, Delhi, following the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city.
The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died of her injuries on Saturday in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment.
Six men arrested in connection with the rape have now been charged with murder.
The attack on 16 December triggered violent public protests over attitudes towards women in India.
Two police officers have already been suspended.
From: Cstar1
12/29/12
The myth that women can be held responsible for men’s sex crimes has returned
From: Cstar1
12/29/12
From: lumpocoal
12/29/12
women are being made by men, and not very enlightened men.
Many on the right politically want small government, yet want to micromanage
a woman's reproductive process. As for rape, it is never "legitimate".
As for the actions - or rather 'inactions' - of some police forces ~ it is inexcusable.
Events in India regarding women, as well as Pakistan, etc are barbaric.
You could include the attempted assassination of a young girl in Pakistan because she
advocated the right of girls to be educated.
You can include the failure of the GOP in Congress to pass equal pay for women,
and protection of women against violence.
From: CruisingCats
12/29/12
From: lumpocoal
12/29/12
I'm a progressive liberal and I see what's being done against women , as well as voter
suppression, union busting, attacks on Planned Parenthood, etc as a declining of our
rights and freedoms by corporate America and their supporters.
From: Cstar1
12/30/12
Rape kits badly needed in India: 14yo gang rape victim had to visit 3 health centers before she was able to get tested. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_gujarat-rape-victim-made-to-run-pillar-to-post-for-medical-test_1783489?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter …
- Edited 12/30/2012 1:01 pm by Cstar1
From: CruisingCats
12/30/12