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More sex assaults reported at military academies
DENVER – Reported sexual assaults at the three U.S. military academies rose 64 percent in the 2009-10 academic year compared with the previous year, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Officials said the increase could reflect that more students are reporting assaults, rather than a jump in the number of assaults themselves. A total of 41…
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Court-Martialed Cadet Runs Out Of Appeals
HARTFORD, Conn. — The only cadet court-martialed in the 130-year history of the Coast Guard Academy has run out of options to appeal his conviction. Cadet Webster Smith already served time behind bars, but continued to fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. After more than four years, the Smith case is over.…
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Aaron Pernell has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the rape of a military wife at Fort Bragg
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Oklahoma soldier has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the rape of a military wife at Fort Bragg last year. The 82nd Airborne Division’s public affairs office says 23-year-old Aaron Pernell of Tulsa, Okla., will also receive a dishonorable discharge and forfeit any pay or benefits. Pernell pleaded…
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myths and facts about rape.
(from the Roger Williams University webpage): Myth: Rape is caused by lust or uncontrollable sexual urges and the need for sexual gratification. Fact: Rape is an act of physical violence and domination that is not motivated by sexual gratification. Myth: Once a man gets sexually aroused, he can’t just stop. Fact: Men do not physically…
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Justice not served in navy abuse case
This summer, a U.S. Navy doctor, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony L. Velasquez, 48, walked free after serving seven days in the brig at the Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture. He had admitted to two counts each of wrongful sexual contact and conduct unbecoming an officer. He had, however, gotten off lightly, with a two-year prison sentence,…
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Coast Guard Charged with Child Porn
Ryan T. Carroll, 25, out of Yankeetown, was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography.
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US judge says lesbians can be ‘cured’ by male soldiers
An American judge has been accused of advocating corrective rape for lesbians. Joe Rehyansky, a part-time magistrate and Vietnam veteran, wrote on conservative news site The Daily Caller that lesbians should be allowed to serve in the military because straight male soldiers could “convert” them. The Daily Caller swiftly removed some of his remarks but…
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Why are we still blaming women for rape?
The statistics were bad enough: nearly half of London men aged 18–25 think sex with women too drunk to know what is going on is not rape. A quarter of those young men don’t believe it is rape if a woman says no to sex and the man continues anyway, and one in five men…
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Method to erase traumatic memories may be on the horizon
By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Soldiers haunted by scenes of war and victims scarred by violence may wish they could wipe the memories from their minds. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University say that may someday be possible. A commercial drug remains far off — and its use would be subject to many ethical…
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Uniform burning ‘exorcism’ of memory of Russell Williams
In an act freighted with symbolism, the Canadian Forces has burned convicted serial killer Russell Williams’ military kit — all his ceremonial and fighting uniforms, as well as shirts, headdress, boots, gloves, rucksacks, and other items of military apparel. The kit was committed to the flames of a roaring furnace at Canadian Forces Base Trenton,…
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