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Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold.
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The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Even when perpetrators in cold-case rapes are convicted, some face lighter sentences than contemporary rapists.
—Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Gentileschi had been raped, and her rapist was brought to trial and convicted but never punished or imprisoned.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
In July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government overhauled the country’s 164-year-old penal code with new criminal laws, but the exemption for marital rape stayed on the books.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Even when perpetrators in cold-case rapes are convicted, some face lighter sentences than contemporary rapists.
—Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Gentileschi had been raped, and her rapist was brought to trial and convicted but never punished or imprisoned.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
In July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government overhauled the country’s 164-year-old penal code with new criminal laws, but the exemption for marital rape stayed on the books.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapist. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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rapist
noun
rap·ist
ˈrā-pəst 
: an individual who commits rape
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