AltWeeklies Wire
Funds Cut for Campus Assault Preventionnew
Combating sexual assault is especially tough if your workspace is the size of a professional basketball player's shoebox.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
12-12-2008 |
Education
Judgment Day: Anand Jon Trial Concludesnew
Designer found guilty of 14 felonies and two misdemeanors against seven of the nine women, including one forcible-rape charge and multiple counts of lewd acts upon a child, and faces life in prison.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
11-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Convicted Rapist Bill Coleman is Starving Himself to Prove His Innocencenew
Coleman began refusing solid food on Sept. 16, 2007, to protest what he claims was his wrongful conviction in 2005 of raping his wife -- he was convicted solely on her testimony, without forensic evidence, and no witnesses were called on his behalf. This September, on the one-year anniversary of his hunger strike, he began refusing liquids as well.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D'Ambrosio |
11-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Are Rape Jokes Ever Funny?new
Irreverent comic Sandra Bernhard won't be shilling for the Boston women's shelter Rosie's Place this year. Are the rules of comedy different for girls?
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-16-2008 |
Performance
The Strange and Disturbing Trial of Anand Jonnew
Even in its quietest moments, the Jon case is a volatile fable of rape, ambitious but naïve girls, the rag trade and feral male vanity. It is a trial junkie's dream. Inexplicably, the proceedings have so far garnered little media attention.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
10-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
'Blackbird' Resembles 'Rashomon' Except the Victim is a Childnew
A critical success in Edinburgh, London and New York, this Olivier Award-winning drama places characters Ray and Una in the filthy breakroom of Ray's employer for 90 minutes to air their dirty laundry.
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse |
09-10-2008 |
Reviews
Ronald Hinton May Have Confessed to Rape and Murder, but Did He Really Do It?new
The confession of Hinton, who was convicted of raping a murdering a child, outweighed indications that he might not have done it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
08-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Cowboy Mike: The Ladykillernew
Armed with his guitar and cowboy persona, Mike Braae had a way with women. He also liked to strangle them.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
07-28-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Joelle Casteix Fights for Catholic Church Sex-Abuse Victims While Pursuing Her Own Abusernew
Right now, the man who molested her 22 years ago, the former Mater Dei choir director, is leading a group of young adults through a pre-Olympics tour of China. Casteix worries for their safety, but she is more upset that he's gotten this far in life without facing justice.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-16-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Roman Polanski Finally Gets His Due in This Penetrating Documentarynew
Polanski, in life, has been as fascinatingly enigmatic as his films, with a personal back-story capable of trumping even his most bizarre fictions, and now it's all dredged up in Marina Zenovich’s HBO documentary.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
07-10-2008 |
TV
German Director Matthias Glasner Crafts a Remarkably Human Examination of Fear and Desirenew
While its first 20 minutes, which include a lengthy, brutal rape scene, suggest leanings toward artsploitation, the rest of the movie, released straight to DVD this week, is sober and completely uninterested in shock value.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
07-01-2008 |
Reviews
DNA Points to Perp in Rape for Which Wrong Man Did Timenew
Five years ago, Ken Wyniemko was released from the Michigan prison system, exonerated after a decade behind bars for a rape that DNA evidence concluded he did not commit. On Wednesday, police confirmed that a match has been made to the DNA collected at the scene of the 1994 Macomb County rape for which Wyniemko was arrested, convicted and incarcerated.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
07-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Taking the MySpace Train to Juvienew
Law enforcement flexes its web-snooping muscle as a quartet of teen rapists is brought to justice in Washington.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Border-Area Rapes Challenge a Stumbling Systemnew
According to immigrant-advocacy groups, nearly all women and female children smuggled north face some degree of sexual abuse, including rape. It is now considered "the price of admission." And since these horrid crimes occur in a murky milieu, law-enforcement officials consider them among the toughest to pursue.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
Rape: The Price of Admissionnew
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, sexual assault has become routine.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
