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Monthly Archives: January 2002
Honor Killings Come to Sweden
As the daughter of Kurdish refugees from Turkey, 26-year-old Fadime Sahindal had to balance the traditional beliefs of her family with the ideas she was exposed to in Sweden. After four years of harassment from family members who were angry … Continue reading
Maryland High Court Vacates Child Support Order for Man Who Was Not Biological Father
Maryland’s highest court this month overturned a lower court’s ruling that a man should be forced to continue paying child support even though paternity tests established that he was not the father of the child in question. In 1993 Michele … Continue reading
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In Bizarre Case, Judge Rules Alleged Victim Cannot be Compelled to Preserve Evidence
The Associated Press recently reported on a bizarre rape prosecution in Virginia. An unidentified man is currently jailed and charged with two counts of rape and one account of aggravated sexual assault against his 12-year-old daughter. The accused maintains he … Continue reading
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Honor Killing Outrage in Jordan
The BBC reported yesterday that women activists in Jordan are outraged over yet another light sentence for a man convicted of an honor killing. In this case, a man murdered his daughter with “an implement similar to a meat cleaver” … Continue reading
Supreme Court Declines to Consider Odd Child Support Case
On January 7, 2002, the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Morgan Wise who was ordered by a Texas court to pay child support even though DNA tests confirm he cannot possibly be the father of the boy … Continue reading
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France Overturns Controversial Right Not to Be Born Ruling
Earlier this month I noted that French gynecologists were refusing to do ultrasound scans for new patients after a French judge ruled in favor of a child who sued on the grounds that he never should have been born. An … Continue reading
Pentagon Revises Saudi Arabia Dress Code Ahead of Hearing on Lawsuit
Tampa, Florida-based Central Command, which has authority over U.S. military operations in the Middle East, recently ordered local commanders in the region to revise their policies to reflect that “wear[ing] of the abaya in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is … Continue reading
Virginia Court Allows SANE Testimony, But Limits Their Expertise
The Virginia Supreme Court recently ordered a retrial for a convicted rapist in a decision that affirmed that Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners are qualified to testify in such cases, but at the same time limited the topics that such nurses … Continue reading
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False Rape Claims — The Evidence from Canada
One of the hot-button issues related to rape is just how many reported rapes are in fact false allegations. It is difficult to get a handle on this in the United States, since the closest statistic that is recorded is … Continue reading
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Utah Judge Upholds Fetal Murder Law
Utah Judge Michael Allphin this week upheld a 1983 state law that allowed people to be charged with murder for killing a fetus, even if the fetus was killed well before the time when it was viable. The specific case … Continue reading
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