Word: rapist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sheer size of South Florida's devastation makes the area an ideal place to hide from the law. Last month police picked up an escaped child rapist working as a roofer. Many workers admit they don't want to give their names to reporters for fear of tipping off police back home. One Atlanta roofer confided that he came to hide from courts seeking 12 years' worth of child support. "It's a good place," he said, "to make money without anybody asking a lot of questions...
...definitions of rape. The interviews keep the performance on a personal level. One interview tells the story of "Sara," who was under the influence of alcohol when she was raped. Raz highlights what some might call ambiguities in her lack of consent by including a fictional monologue from the rapist's point of view...
...Reeder questioned the need for a specific category of date rape, calling rape a crime no matter who the rapist is. She also took issue with the idea that women should receive special treatment in a case of potential date rape. "Do women really need to be protected or do they need to grow up?" she said...
Agreeing that the definition of rape needs to be consistent with Massachusetts law, it calls the Task Force's definition "overly broad." "Basing rape on an expression of consent creates too many situations where someone could be unfairly called a rapist...
Fillingham's concerns are unfounded and fail to recognize that an accused rapist has a legitimate right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty...