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...sensationalizing the allegations; rather, they are reporting the facts of the case. And it is an undisputed fact that a rape is alleged to have occurred, and most of the important specifics will be argued by the parties and kept confidential until the trial. The circumstances of the crime??particularly, the many ways that power dynamics manifested themselves—are relevant because rape is done for power, and the national media is doing its job well by reporting on them. These complicating factors are, for example, racial issues (the woman was black, and she claims her attackers...
...Then we were just walking down the street when all of a sudden the cops picked us up,” said Pellegrini, who is five feet, eight inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. “I didn’t even commit a crime??I was charged with attempting to commit a crime??and it landed me seven days in jail...
...inspired by a nuanced encounter Proulx had while sitting in a Midwestern bar. During a trip to Laramie, Wyo. in 1997—ironically the same town that would capture national attention only one year later, when Matthew Shepard died as a result of a gay hate crime??Proulx saw a man sitting at the bar, watching other guys play pool. “She saw something in his eyes that most people didn’t see, and that’s how the story began,” Schamus said. As soon as the script...
Despite a drop in total crimes on campus and a substantial decrease in burglaries in 2004, violent crime??which consists of sex offenses, robberies, and aggravated assault—has risen from a total of 24 crimes...
...years, trustingly placed over a million bagels in D.C. offices next to a box asking for an “on your honor” payment. He kept incredibly accurate records, and now we can see how cheating—in the form of “white collar crime??—varies over holidays (stealing increases dramatically over Christmas and decreases on the 4th of July) and during times of national crisis (the stealing rate dropped after 9/11 and has remained at a constant level since). Even though teachers and Sumo wrestlers cheat sometimes, 89 percent...