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...copy of the form she fills out is sent to theCommonwealth--and to HUPD, which must include thereport of the rape in their crime statistics...
Avery, who said she was not able to give anestimate as to how many students per yearconsulted her office about rape, said the Collegedoes keep internal records about the incidents...
...when they were talking to the mom and she was saying it was O.K., then basically there were no signs of criminal activity." In hindsight, of course, there was every sign: a Washington State statute clearly defines sex with a minor between the ages of 12 and 16 as rape...
Letourneau believes that Gehrke could have sought a deal for her under a molestation rather than rape statute, one carrying a maximum penalty of 15 months rather than 89 months. She has begun reminding people that Vili was the "aggressor" in their relationship and that without violence there can be no rape. But David Allen, a Seattle criminal-defense attorney, says, "Molestation is a different crime, involving touching or fondling. Rape of a child in Washington is defined as any penetration, however slight. It's age-driven, and who the aggressor is or whether it's consensual doesn't matter...
Iris Chang, best-selling author of "The Rape of Nanking," last week challenged Japan?s ambassador in Washington to a televised debate. The 30-year-old writer threw down the gauntlet after Ambassador Kunihiko Saito described Chang?s book, which chronicles Japanese atrocities in China in the 1930s, as ?inaccurate,? ?distorted? and ?erroneous.? The Foreign Ministry in Tokyo later said Saito was objecting only to the suggestion that Japan has never apologized for its actions and has tried to keep the incident out of textbooks used by schoolchildren...