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Rape and prison
The prospect of spending years behind bars in a tiny cell is sufficiently chilling to deter most people from ever committing a crime. Those who willfully break the law anyway and get caught have no one to blame but themselves when a judge sentences them...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Rape, Judges, Prisons
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
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Today's forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms, with a high temperature near 78 degrees. Tonight is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low around 66 degrees.
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Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues as you plan your...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Democratic Party, New York Yankees, St. Patrick's Day, Little Italy (Manhattan, New York)
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Sex offense, assault charges stem from officer's foot massage
A Baltimore County police officer faces sex offense and assault charges after a fellow officer said he gave her a sexualized foot massage in March. Harold Williams, a 42-year-old officer who works at the county police training academy, has been removed...Tags: Prosecution, Personal Service, Sex Crimes
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Rape in the ranks
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...Tags: Criminals, Abusive Behavior, Leon Panetta, Wars and Interventions, Assault
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Aberdeen man found not guilty in alleged rape
An Aberdeen man charged with rape last July was acquitted of those charges at the conclusion of a jury trial Friday. Rondrae Da Qan Lark, 24, of the 1300 block of Tralee Circle, was charged with fourth-degree sex offense, second-degree rape, third-...Tags: Prosecution, Abusive Behavior, Havre de Grace, Justice System, Sex Crimes
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Linthicum man pleads guilty to coercing minor for sex
A 65-year-old Linthicum man who molested a 9-year-old girl and exchanged more than 200 text messages with an undercover detective pretending to be her pleaded guilty Thursday to using a cell phone to coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity,...Tags: Telecommunication Service, Linthicum, Sex Crimes
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Maryland Film Festival kicks off with pleasure and pain
John Waters opened his audience's eyes to a kind of film experience they'd probably never had before. Another writer-director raised in Maryland scared a late-night crowd silly. A movie about a sexual assault left some viewers heading for the exits early....Tags: Movies, Entertainment Events, Maryland Film Festival, Lovely Molly (movie), Assault
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Former Mid sues Naval Academy over rapes
A former midshipman who says she was raped twice while at the Naval Academy has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force officials to improve their response to sexual assaults at the service academies. In a complaint filed Friday, the woman, now 22, says...Tags: Annapolis, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Forensic nurses taking the lead on rape cases in Maryland
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...Tags: Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Prosecution, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Md. convict charged in 1993 sex assault in Mass.
The Associated PressSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A former Massachusetts man serving prison time in Maryland has been charged in connection with a nearly two-decade old sexual assault on a disabled person. The Hampden District Attorney announced Wednesday that an arrest...Tags: Punishment, Sex Crimes
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Realtor sexually assaulted at home in Prince George's Co.
The Associated PressA realtor was sexually assaulted while previewing a home in Suitland, Prince George's County police said. The woman told authorities that she was in the basement of the home in the 2300 block of Dupont Avenue on Wednesday evening when the man grabbed her...Tags: Sex Crimes
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Treating the wounds of military sexual trauma
Machele Fredericks had to face her attacker every day.
She was in the Air Force. He was a fellow service member on the base. And he said that if she told anyone what he'd done, he'd kill her.
"You didn't hear much of people getting raped in the military...Tags: Minority Groups, Women's Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Sexual Misconduct, Assault
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