Rape

Killer, serial rapist gets death penalty in O.C. attacks

2013-04-26 15:48:00

A serial rapist in Orange County was sentenced to death Friday for sexually assaulting and killing a woman, raping three others and physically assaulting another woman, prosecutors said. Waymon Livingston, 29, was found guilty in February of several...

Outrage in Canada after teen suicide, alleged gang rape

2013-04-12 12:55:00

Outraged Canadians are demanding police action after an alleged gang rape and suicide in Nova Scotia, a tragedy that has drawn parallels to recent assault cases in Ohio and California. Seventeen-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons hanged herself last week after...

Man convicted of Disneyland bomb threats faces sex crimes charges

2013-04-05 12:01:00

A 59-year-old man serving a federal prison sentence in Arizona for making bomb threats to Disneyland faces multiple counts of sexual assault involving two Orange County women he met through Pennysaver ads in the 1980s. James Michael Camp, 59, of...

India passes rape law that sets age of consent at 18

2013-03-21 09:45:00

REWARI, India -- India passed anti-rape legislation Thursday that included a controversial provision setting the age of sexual consent at 18. Reformers argued the law, which was passed in a hurried response to public anger over the fatal mid-December...

Man released under prison realignment law is held in rape case

2013-04-03 17:34:00

A 32-year-old Fontana man who was released from state prison to the supervision of San Bernardino County authorities under a controversial state law has been arrested on suspicion of rape, authorities said Wednesday afternoon. Juan Francisco Aguilera...

Exclusive: Prosecutors hunt for DNA from dead killers, rapists

2013-03-22 17:41:00

Opening a new frontier for solving cold cases, California prosecutors are hunting for DNA from killers, rapists and other prison inmates who died before authorities obtained their genetic profiles. Prosecutors from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Orange...

Drunkenness isn't the same as consent

2013-03-19 00:00:00

It would be easy to close the book and say justice has been served in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case. Two high school football stars were found guilty Sunday of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old at a party in a case that became a national scandal...

Two U.S. sailors sentenced to prison for Okinawa rape

2013-03-01 13:36:00

Two American sailors will be imprisoned for the rape and robbery of a young woman in Okinawa, a crime that has renewed opposition to the heavy U.S. military presence on the Japanese island. The Naha court on Friday sentenced 24-year-old Christopher...

Jail time for journalist and Somali woman who alleged rape

2013-02-05 20:24:00

A woman who accused Somali security forces of raping her must spend a year behind bars for making a “false accusation” and insulting the government, a Mogadishu court ruled Tuesday. Court official Ahmed Aden Farah said medical evidence showed...

Decision on venue for Ohio rape trial expected this week

2013-01-27 09:30:00

A judge is expected to rule this week on whether to move the trial of two high school football players charged with raping a drunk and unconscious girl as classmates tweeted comments and shared pictures of the incident. The case has drawn national...

Morocco poised to stop exonerating rapists who marry victims

2013-01-23 14:15:00

Nearly a year after a Moroccan teen took her life after being wed to her rapist, the country is poised to change a law allowing "seducers" to escape prosecution�by marrying their victims. Rights activists were heartened by�Justice Minister Mustapha...

Trial in Indian gang-rape case begins

2013-01-24 06:01:00

NEW DELHI -- Minutes after the suspects were whisked past reporters into a closed court, the high-profile trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a 23-year old physiotherapy student opened Thursday. The woman and her 28-year-old male friend,...

Indians gather for a candlelight vigil Thursday in memory of a gang-rape victim in New Delhi. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against five men charged in the assault and try them in a fast-track court.

2013-01-03 00:00:00

Indian activists take part in a candlelight vigil in Kolkata on December 30, 2012, after the cremation ceremony for a gang-rape victim.

2012-12-30 00:00:00

Indian protesters hold candles during a rally in New Delhi late December 29,2012, after the death of a gang rape victim from the Indian capital.

2012-12-29 00:00:00