Word: victimes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chief prosecution witness then testified that the fetus died within the womb because Edelin kept his hand in the uterus through an abdominal incision. The presiding judge at the trial said a manslaughter victim had to be "alive outside the body of the mother." Nonetheless, Edelin was convicted...
Having gained power through violence, Ayatullah Khomeini [Feb. 26] must continue to use violence to stay in power, or become a victim...
...Karen Silkwood a willing or innocent nuclear victim...
...from conducting strip-searches of women accused of nothing more serious than misdemeanors and traffic violations. A warrant would have to be obtained for such a search and any cavity searches would have to be done by a physician. The suit also asks $125,000 in damages for each victim. If the suit is successful, a large number of women may demand payment. The A.C.L.U. estimates that as many as 10,000 may have been strip-searched hi Chicago when apprehended for minor violations. Indeed, Chicago Precinct Captain William Connolly admits that the treatment given the Jane Doe who made...
...widely protested late-night secret tribunals, the courts punished rapists, thieves and adulterers, as well as more of the SAVAK agents, police and army officers who have been their chief targets. In Tehran, four men convicted of raping an 18-year-old male university student were executed; unaccountably, the victim was given 13 lashes. In Jamshid Abad, near the Caspian coast, a married woman and her lover were whipped in the square for adultery (he got 80 lashes...