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  • Opinion:How Can We Truly Eliminate Prison Rape?

    By Reason Foundation June 25, 2009

    By Bill Flanigen The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission released its final report and recommendations this week. The Commission was established by the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003 to develop a set of policy proposals to end sexual abuse in prisons . The recommendations, though...

  • Opinion:U.S. Military Unsafe For Women; Risk of Rape Too Great

    By Code Pink July 22, 2009

    A powerful counter-recruiting tool to use with young women considering enlistment is facts about the risk of rape among active duty soldiers. This is not something recruiters bring up when they’re touting job training, travel and educational opportunities. It often doesn’t occur to young women...

  • Opinion:Looking to God in the Face of Brutal Gang Rapes

    By Baptist Press November 13, 2009

    By Erich Bridges A 15-year-old girl steps outside of a school homecoming dance and guzzles alcohol in a hangout spot on campus. She collapses. She is robbed, beaten, stripped. She is raped -- not once, but again and again, allegedly for at least two hours. More than 20 people reportedly...

  • News:Cop Indicted for Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl in Patrol Car

    By U.S. Dept. of Justice April 13, 2009

    WASHINGTON – A former Jackson County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy was indicted on April 7, 2009, by a federal grand jury for violating the civil rights of a teenage girl whom he forced to perform sexual acts in his patrol car, the Justice Department announced. The indictment alleges that...

  • Opinion:Does Porn Make Society Better?

    By Reason Foundation July 15, 2009

    On the subjects of rape, Ted Bundy, and pornography , Rod Dreher writes : Bundy isn't blaming porn for making him a sex killer. He says it's his own fault. But he also points out that constant exposure to pornography wore down the "very strong inhibitions against criminal and violent behavior"...

  • Opinion:Nicaragua Shows What Could Be if Abortion Outlawed in US

    By Amnesty International July 29, 2009

    Since July 2008, abortion in all circumstances has been banned in Nicaragua. The new law makes no exceptions for terminating pregnancies that endanger the health or life of the woman, or that result from rape or incest. Girls or women seeking or obtaining abortions are subject to...

  • Research:FBI Reports Crime Down in 2008

    By Federal Bureau of Investigation September 15, 2009

    Unemployment, interest rates, stress—they’re all on the rise as the economy is buffeted by a downturn. What’s not rising, however, is crime , according to statistics compiled by the FBI that show violent crimes and property crimes declined nationwide in 2008. The data, released today in...

  • Opinion:Will Texas Execute Mentally Retarded Man Despite Ban?

    By Amnesty International November 29, 2009

    By Brian Evans Bobby Woods (left) has an IQ of around 70 and is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on December 3. The crime for which he was sentenced to die was heinous (he was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl), but executing persons with mental retardation has...

  • News:FBI Report-Crime Rates Down Over First Half of 2009

    By Federal Bureau of Investigation December 21, 2009

    For the third year in a row, our Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report shows that violent crime , property crime, and arson have decreased. The latest report compares January-June 2009 figures with the same time period in 2008. Crimes reported to our Uniform Crime Program are down...

  • Video:Buffalo Man Accused of Imprisoning, Raping Teen Runaway for Months

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff February 09, 2010

    A 26-year-old Buffalo man has been charged with imprisoning and raping a 13-year-old girl in his house for months. The Associated Press has the horrifying details: show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzzzaK5xu9c

  • News:FBI Releases Annual Crime Report, Crime Rates Down Nationwide

    By Federal Bureau of Investigation June 03, 2009

    According to the FBI's Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released today, the nation experienced a 2.5 percent decrease in the number of violent crimes and a 1.6 percent decline in the number of property crimes for 2008 compared with data from 2007. The report is based on information that...

  • Opinion:Illinois Bans Sex Offenders From Social Network Sites

    By Reason Foundation August 16, 2009

    On Tuesday, Illinois made it a felony for sex offenders to sign up for social networking sites. The law will go into effect almost exactly one year after the release of a comprehensive report from Harvard which found that there is no increased risk of predation for kids on social networking...

  • Opinion:Tennessee Jury Lets Torturer-Murderer-Rapist Live

    By Competitive Enterprise Institute August 30, 2009

    by Hans Bader Some juries are indulgent towards even the most vicious and plainly-guilty criminal. A Nashville jury just let a nightmarishly-evil torturer-murderer-rapist, Letalvis Cobbins , escape the death penalty in the rapes , torture , mutilation, and murders of...

  • Opinion:Is Roman Polanski Worth the Time and Money?

    By Reason Foundation September 28, 2009

    As noted in today's links , film director Roman Polanski was arrested over the weekend in Zurich and is being held in Switzerland pending an extradition request from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. In 1978, Polanski pled guilty to unlawful sex with a minor (a 13-year-old...

  • Opinion:Where is Hollywood's Liberal Outrage Over Roman Polanski?

    By Heritage Foundation September 30, 2009

    by Rory Cooper Whoopi Goldberg decided America needs two definitions of rape. First there is the rape of women that is tolerated by the left because it is committed by someone creative. And then there is everything else. When asked about Roman Polanski’s arrest and potential extradition to...

  • Opinion:Washington Post Claims Beer Tax Will Reduce Rape & STDs

    By Reason Foundation September 30, 2009

    by Katherine Mangu-Ward The Washington Post claimed near-supernatural powers for a tiny beer tax on Monday. A booze tax, write Lloyd I. Sederer and Eric Goplerud, will pay for health care reform . But that's not all!: Research indicates that a 10 percent increase in current alcohol...

  • Opinion:Report-Officials Unaware of Child Sex-Trafficking Problem

    By Baptist Press October 05, 2009

    WASHINGTON --- Most Americans , including far too many government officials, have no idea that children under the age of 18 are being shipped from state to state as child prostitutes, according to a report from an anti-sex trafficking organization. In fact, an estimated 100,000 American...

  • Opinion:Fox Refuses to Air "Family Guy" Abortion Episode

    By Jill Stanek August 03, 2009

    For only the 2nd time since it began airing in 1999, the controversial animated sitcom Family Guy has had an episode canceled by parent company Fox . The 1st stifled episode, censored in 2000 but later aired in 2004 and available on DVD, was "When you wish upon a Weinstein,"...

  • Video:Horrifying Find in Ohio-6 Bodies in House of Convicted Rapist

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 01, 2009

    Six badly decomposed bodies found at the Cleveland, Ohio home of a convicted rapist were all women , and were all homicide victims, the coroner's office said Sunday. Details from the Associated Press:

  • Opinion:Catholic Pro-Choice Group Blasts House Abortion Vote

    By Jon O'Brien November 09, 2009

    WASHINGTON --- Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued the following statement about the passage of HR 3962: "Behavior in recent weeks tells us and the American voters a lot about core values. We in the prochoice community stayed true to our core values, seeking to overcome the...

  • News:"Rape Condom" Can Protect Women from Attackers

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff October 29, 2009

    A device is on the market that can supposedly protect women in case their worst nightmare comes true -- they are raped. The device will cause great pain to the attacker, giving women time to escape. Called "Rape-aXe," it is basically a female condom. But inside the condom are sharp teeth that...

  • Video:Alabama Girl May Have Helped Set-Up Friend To Be Gang Raped

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 24, 2009

    An Alabama district attorney is considering charging a 14-year-old girl with helping arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate, after conflicting statements she made in a TV interview . The Associated Press has more:

  • Opinion:Nixon Would Have Aborted Babies Like Obama

    By Jill Stanek June 29, 2009

    When I watched the new documentary Maafa 21 last weekend (read my snapshot review here and Matt Abbott's in-depth review here ) I was shocked to learn President Nixon was pro- abortion and pro-population control of blacks. Then on June 23 the Nixon Presidential Libraryreleased 154...

  • Opinion:Video Shows Planned Parenthood "Bends Rules" on Sex Abuse

    By Christian News Wire June 30, 2009

    BIRMINGHAM, AL -- A Planned Parenthood counselor in Birmingham was caught on hidden camera telling an alleged 14-year-old statutory rape victim that the clinic "does sometimes bend the rules a little bit" rather than report sexual abuse to state authorities. This is the seventh Planned Parenthood...

  • Opinion:Alabama AG to Investigate Planned Parenthood Video

    By Christian News Wire July 07, 2009

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- Alabama Attorney General Troy King has called a new undercover video released last week showing Planned Parenthood of Alabama apparently breaking state mandatory reporting laws for sexual abuse "extremely troubling" and requested the full recordings. The student-led nonprofit...

  • Video:Rick Pitino Says "Enough's Enough"-Calls Rape Accusations "Lies"

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff August 27, 2009

    Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino was seething following the replaying of a statement a woman gave to police accusing him of rape. Pitino says the accusation is completely false. Ed Donahue of the Associated Press has more:

  • Video:France & Poland Demand Roman Polanski's Release on Bail

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff September 28, 2009

    The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated Monday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail. The director, who famously escaped the U.S. on the eve of sentencing for having sex with an underaged girl, would have to promise not to leave...

  • News:Arrests Made in Disturbing Gang Rape of California Teen

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff October 28, 2009

    A total of five people are now under arrest for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside of her Northern California high school during a homecoming dance. Details of the attack are horrifying. Police believe as many as seven young men took turns raping the semi-conscious girl over a...

  • Video:More Bodies Found in Home of Cleveland Rapist

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 04, 2009

    A rapist who lived at a Cleveland house where now 10 bodies were found has been ordered held without bond. A prosecutor called Anthony Sowell 'an incredibly dangerous threat to the public.' Four more bodies were found, following the grim discovery over the weekend of six decaying corpses in the...

  • News:Kidnap Victim Jaycee Dugard Rips Planned Film of Her Ordeal

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 18, 2009

    Kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard and her family are lashing out at a film director who is planning on making a movie about her ordeal. Shane Ryan, a horror director whose credits include such noteworthy titles as Amateur Porn Star Killer and Romance Road Killers , plans to start shooting...