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Reports of rapes on the rise in Springfield
mmoloney@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Sitting in an upstairs room at the Rare Breed youth services building, a new high school graduate told a deeply personal story. "I've been raped multiple times by different people," she said. The girl, now 18-years-old, explained the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Britney Spears
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Police: Average victims of rape are 24-year-old women
reporter and photojournalistSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Police warn that a 24-year-old girl is more likely to be raped within Springfield city limits than any other person. It's a point highlighted by police in the annual Uniform Crime Report, a compilation of the past year about crime...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Crime Victims, Sexual Assault, Health and Safety at School
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Prosecutors drop murder, rape charges against stepfather of Rowan Ford
ghartley@schurz.comWAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped murder and rape charges against the stepfather of a 9-year-old girl who was killed in Barry County in November 2007. David Spears, who was married to the mother of Rowan Ford, instead pleaded guilty...Tags: Criminal Laws, Judges, Law Enforcement, Prosecution, FBI
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Jury recommends death in Collings' murder trial
Reporter, PhotographerAbout four and half years after her death, prosecutors say a raped and murdered nine-year-old girl received justice. After 45 minutes of deliberation, seven women and five men recommended the death penalty."He took her out of her room like a thief in...Tags: Landforms, Prosecution, Lawyers, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chris Collings Murder Trial Day Two: Officers say murder victim, Rowan Ford, called her accused killer `Uncle Chris'
Reporter, PhotographerRolla, Mo. - For the first time a graphic picture of a raped and murdered nine-year-old girl was shown during a trial that could end with a man being punished by death. An FBI agent testified a photograph presented as evidence was a picture of Rowan Ford&...Tags: Landforms, Police Investigations, Chemical Industry, Prosecution, Health
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Prosecutors and protestors examine actions of Republic school officials toward rape allegations
Reporter, PhotographerProtestors are joining the controversy surrounding a lawsuit filed against members of the Republic R-III School District. They are calling for school officials to resign or be removed from their positions after a student with special needs says she was...Tags: Misdemeanors, Judges, Prosecution, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Lawyers
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Accused California killer tells jurors, 'I'm not the monster'
ReutersSAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An elderly California photographer charged with the slayings of four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s opened his own defense at his serial-murder trial on Monday, declaring to jurors, "I'm not the monster that killed...Tags: Prostitution, Crime Victims, Monsters (legendary creatures), Prosecution, Lawyers
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New Mexico man sentenced for rape of disabled girl from Joplin
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - A New Mexico man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a developmentally disabled 8-year-old girl in Joplin. Fifty-nine-year-old Robert L. Newton pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree statutory rape, first-degree...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Trials, Punishment, Prosecution
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At least 24 men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence exonerated
At least 24 men convicted or arrested based largely on murky bite-mark evidence have been exonerated by DNA testing, had charges dropped or otherwise been proved not guilty. Many spent more than a decade in prison, and one man was behind bars for more...
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Casey man indicted for alleged rape
LIBERTY — A Liberty man who allegedly raped a woman in March has been indicted on two felony counts by a Casey County grand jury. Carl J. Hoffman Jr., 43, of 436 Sherrer Road, was indicted for first-degree rape and being a persistent felony...
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Christine Flowers: Assault in the military, or assault on the military?
Philadelphia Daily NewsThere is an iconic scene from one of my favorite movies, "A Few Good Men," in which an enraged colonel Jack Nicholson cuts down major Tom Cruise with five fierce words: "You can't handle the truth." On celluloid, that moment was designed to convince us...Tags: Politics, Carl Levin, Sexual Misconduct, Jack Nicholson, The New York Times
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DNA test frees man from a long prison sentence
The Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. Serving a lengthy prison sentence for a rape he didn't commit, Robert E. Nelson asked for DNA testing to prove his innocence. Twice since 2009, he was turned down. In late 2011, Jackson County prosecutors working through cold cases...Tags: Judges, Witnesses, Chemical Industry, Prosecution, Lawyers
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