Just as Bilkis Bano had started to rebuild her life after grisly communal violence in 2002, a state government cut short her assailants’ life sentences.
Tag: Sex Crimes
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Texas Man Convicted of Sex Crimes Took Deadly Drink in Court, Lawyers Say
Prosecutors believe that Edward Peter Leclair slipped poison into his bottled water and drank it, choosing death instead of prison time.
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Lawmakers to Investigate Sexual Abuse in Junior R.O.T.C. Programs
The House oversight committee wants the Pentagon to report on sexual misconduct in the high school programs and how it holds instructors accountable.
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Ricardo Cruciani, Who Sexually Assaulted Patients, Found Dead at Rikers
Ricardo Cruciani’s death, just weeks after his conviction, was a suspected suicide. He was the 12th person to die this year in custody or shortly after release.
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R. Kelly Stands Trial in Chicago: What to Know
The musician faces charges of sex crimes and of working to obstruct an earlier investigation that resulted in his acquittal in a 2008 criminal trial.