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Reports of Military Sex Assault Surge, But...
The encouraging news: After a concerted effort to get more victims to come forward and report instances of sex assault, Pentagon data shows such reports by members of the military increased 50% in the...
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Egypt Throws Book at 9 for Tahrir Square Sex Assaults
Faced with rampant and public sex assaults over the last three years, Egypt today threw out a decisive deterrent and sentenced nine men to hefty jail terms, reports the Guardian . Seven men were given...
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Study on Women in Marines 'Flawed': Military Researchers
Some of the results from a Marine Corps study of an experimental gender-integrated unit were released last month, and they were less than flattering in many cases: Women service members were found to...
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Prince Accused of Calif. Sex Assault Escapes Felony Charge
The Saudi prince accused of sexual assault at the Beverly Hills compound he was renting last month will not be charged with a crime, at least not by Los Angeles County prosecutors. A female worker says...
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1K Cops in 6 Years Lost Badges for Sex Misconduct
In a yearlong investigation it calls "jolting," the AP takes a look at instances of sexual misconduct among the nation's law enforcement and finds at least 1,000 police officers who lost their badges...
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Brock Turner Judge Was Harsher in Similar Case
The Brock Turner controversy rumbles on: A defendant from a very different background than the former Stanford student received a much harsher sentence from the same judge in a similar case, the...
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German Rape Victims Now Don't Have to Prove They Resisted
German lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that will make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints if they rejected their attacker's advances with a clear "no." German law...
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We're Not Talking About a Major Sex Assault Problem
Amidst the #metoo movement, NPR reports on a group of Americans who may have more reasons than most to utter those words—and yet have been kept in the shadows. Joseph Shapiro reports that people with...
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Queen's Cousin Jailed for Castle Sex Assault
A Scottish earl and distant cousin of Queen Elizabeth II is headed to jail following a sex assault at his ancestral castle. The Earl of Strathmore, 34-year-old Simon Bowes-Lyon, in January pleaded...
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