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  2. Under the law, new special counsels will have the authority to make prosecution decisions on a number of major crimes, including murder, rape and several other sexual assault-related offenses ...

  3. People v. Turner - Wikipedia

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    Brock Allen Turner (2015), was a criminal case in which Brock Allen Turner was convicted by jury trial of three counts of felony sexual assault. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On January 18, 2015, on the Stanford University campus, Turner, then a 19-year-old student athlete at Stanford, sexually assaulted 22-year-old Chanel Miller (referred to in court documents ...

  4. United States v. Briggs (2020) - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Briggs, 592 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) erred in ruling that the Uniform Code of Military Justice allows prosecution of a rape committed between 1986 and 2006 only if it was discovered and charged within five years.

  5. Rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The effect of the VAWA 2005 forensic examination requirement is to allow victims time to decide whether to pursue their case. Because a sexual assault is a traumatic event, some victims are unable to decide whether they want to cooperate with law enforcement in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault.

  6. Rapists draw lighter sentences when DNA test backlogs delay ...

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    Most criminal cases, including sexual assaults, are settled through negotiated pleas. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, prosecutors accepted deals that avoided trial in 23 of 28 cases from the backlog.

  7. Kamala Harris says she spent her ‘entire career in the ...

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    “For more than a decade, she prosecuted child sexual assault cases, homicides, and robberies in Alameda, before overseeing the career criminal unit and served as the head of division on families ...

  8. New York v. Strauss-Kahn - Wikipedia

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    Strauss-Kahn in 2008. The People of the State of New York v. Strauss-Kahn was a criminal case relating to allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape made by a hotel maid, Nafissatou Diallo, against Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the Sofitel New York Hotel on 14 May 2011.

  9. Yosemite employee charged in rape of co-worker ... - AOL

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    A Yosemite National Park employee is charged with aggravated sexual abuse in the assault of a co-worker, according to federal prosecutors.