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...About a fifth of N.P.A. fighters are under 18, according to Jane's Information Group, an authority on defense and terrorism. Most of this 30-strong platoon are too young to recall the purges and, despite embracing communal life, have often joined the rebels for personal, rather than political, reasons. Many are high-school dropouts with no job prospects, impressionable youths whom the N.P.A. recruits and molds into loyal killers for the communist cause. For Joven, 21, joining meant personal salvation. "I had a different lifestyle before," he says. "I was addicted to marijuana and alcohol. I hung out with...
...federal district judge in New York City ruled last month that Jane Doe, a pseudonym for publicity-shy litigants, would have to put her real name on her lawsuit if she wanted to pursue the case. "The press and public," explained Lynch, "can hardly make an independent assessment of the facts underlying court cases ... without knowing who the litigants are." Now that sounds like a judge with his head on straight--until you hear Doe's story...
Fearing a robbery, the Does demanded to see badges. They contend the cops hurled John against a wall and hauled him cuffed and bleeding to the station house in Chinatown. Left behind, Jane made her way to the station and, with no money and a jailed husband, accepted a ride home from a police sergeant...
...entered the Does' apartment, where, according to the sergeant's lawyer, "no wrongdoing went on." (The lawyer refused to comment further.) But according to Jane, the sergeant attacked: he kissed her and rubbed her breasts. She resisted, and he finally left, but the next day he put "threatening" messages on her voice mail...
...biggest problem with anonymity is how it can damage a defendant. Since ostensible victims need not disclose their names, they may feel less constrained from making bogus accusations. The sergeant accused of attacking Jane Doe has been portrayed in court documents as a sexual thug. Maybe he deserves it. But maybe he did nothing wrong...