Word: rapes
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...Justices can be removed only by House impeachment and Senate conviction on charges of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." None have been. - Every West European country permits abortion, at least after rape or to save the life of the mother. - Ernesto Miranda was set free in 1966 when the Supreme Court overruled his conviction for rape and kidnaping because he had not been informed of his rights. Miranda was later retried by the state for rape, found guilty and sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in Arizona State Prison. Paroled in 1972, he was stabbed...
...issue-of-the-week parade marches on. Abortion, drunken driving, homosexuality, drug abuse, child pornography, rape, cancer: one by one, TV movies take up a topic, adorn it with stars and promote it as another prime-time breakthrough. As drama, these TV crusades have such familiar faults-too simplistic, too preachy, too ponderously "educational"-that a good one can easily get lost in the shuffle. In the case of The Burning Bed, that would be a shame...
...numerous state laws requiring anyone who knows about such a crime to inform authorities. In at least 20 states, toughened child-abuse laws have eliminated the longstanding legal and societal recognition of the "clergy-penitent privilege." Mellish would face no legal trouble if the crime were murder or rape; clergy in Florida are forced to testify only concerning abuse of children, the aged and the handicapped. His jailing, however brief, has prompted united interreligious support, with Roman Catholic priests and Jewish rabbis joining Protestants to back Mellish's appeal...
After enough of this, Olden seems almost too disgusted to go on. At the nadir of the film, Piper and company tie Valley Girl to a piano and make some allusions to rape. An R rating may be worth a lot in extra ticket sales; it's not worth this...
...fetus, the church teaches, is a morally indefensible attack on human life. The only exception is "indirect abortion," or abortion as an incidental byproduct of a necessary attempt to save the mother's life. Ectopic pregnancy and cancer of the uterus are grounds for indirect abortion. Rape and incest are not exceptions, because the fetus conceived has the same right to life as any other fetus...