Story here.

'The Indiana State University student who said she was raped and recanted her story could get a unique sentence.

Wednesday morning, 19-year-old Erin Conley pleaded guilty to False Informing.

The Vigo County Prosecutor will ask the Victim's Assistance office if Conley can do community service with them.

A deputy prosecutor told us they want Conley to work with actual crime victims in hopes this teaches her a valuable lesson.

It's also something they've never done before.

Conley will be sentenced September 25th.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'King County prosecutors have filed second-degree extortion charges against a Renton woman accused of threatening to report a former lover as a rapist if he didn't pay her $2,000.

In court documents, Mercer Island police contend that Jeanine Ann Gessner began harassing the man after he broke a date with her to attend a pre-season Seahawks game on Aug. 22.

An instant message exchange between Gessner and the man included in court filings shows a marked shift in her attitude toward him following the broken date. Initially loving, the writer whom prosecutors allege to be Gessner ultimately sent the man dozens of threatening messages.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Men and Masculinities, a new general education course, has been added to the curriculum, as well. It was first offered in fall '08, with only three male students. The course quickly gained popularity, being offered online in both winter and summer. This semester 43 students enrolled in the course,one-third of them being men.
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"It's a transformative experience for them. It gives them the opportunity to talk about what it means to be a man," says Sharoni. "They can relate to the material and they do great work in the class. At the same time, women are very excited to study gender alongside men as it is clear that men have a crucial role to play in the struggle for gender justice."
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"Gender and Women's Studies is relevant to everyone that advocates social, economic, and political equality," says Brandon. "Men especially need to take an interest in the subject as members of the culture that promotes superiority over women."'

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'EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Four New York men were released from jail Wednesday and authorities dismissed charges that they gang-raped a Hofstra University student after the 18-year-old woman recanted her story.

"I'm so happy the truth finally came out," said Stalin Felipe, 19, outside the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow where he and the other three had just been released Wednesday night.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said in a statement late Wednesday that the woman told law enforcement officials that the sex encounter in a dormitory men's room was consensual.

Rice said a county judge then dismissed the charges against the four men and ordered their release. She said her office has launched a criminal investigation into the woman's statements.'

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This article in the Tucson Abusive Relationships Examiner neglects the abuse of justice in pressuring for plea agreements based on verbal accusations alone. Excerpt:

'But the case is strong, you are going to testify, so why would they offer a plea agreement?

Because it's a guarantee. A trial depends on 8 to 12 people who listen to the facts and decide whether your attacker is guilty or not. In the eyes of the law. As a victim, you already know full well what he/she has done.

A plea agreement also saves money. I'm pretty sure, especially with the economy as is that that needs not be explained.

A defendant who knows he/she is guilty may feel free to continue lying about it, but still knows they will probably be convicted. The plea is generally for a lesser charge, with a lower sentence. If he/she is charged with 5 years, they may offer only one. This encourages the defendant to stop lying, admit what they did and pay for their crimes.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'WORCESTER, Mass. — A woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her mother's womb has been ordered held on $500,000 cash bail.

Julie Corey was arraigned on a kidnapping charge Wednesday in Worcester after being extradited to Massachusetts from New Hampshire.

Authorities arrested Corey on July 29 after finding her with the baby at a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON – Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon (link added) has never been shy about wading into the ring — and now she's plotting a smackdown of Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd.

Story here.

'Sexual assault charges against a man set for trial were dropped in state Superior Court Friday after the complainant changed her story.

Henry Flores-Guardado, 37, had been charged with sexual assault of a spouse or cohabitor after the mother of his children told police he pinned her on their living room floor and forced her to have sex in June 2008.

"She maintained the allegations until, frankly, yesterday," said the prosecutor, Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Valdez.

She told an investigator for the defense that the entire story was false, Valdes said.

Judge Gary White dismissed the charges. But Flores-Guardado is being held and will likely be deported, Valdes said.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Friday afternoon, ISU Public Safety announced that the female victim in the reported sexual attack on Sept. 4 recanted her statement and is being charged with false informing.

The female in the case, Erin Conley, 19, a second semester non-preference major, reported Tuesday that she had been approached in the HMSU Commons in the early afternoon Friday by a man trying to sell her a magazine subscription, said Bill Mercier, director of ISU Public Safety. The man then asked to be shown around campus.

Conley reported that when they arrived at her room in the Lincoln Quads, he sexually attacked her.
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Conley is being charged with false informing, a class D misdemeanor. She is scheduled to appear in Terre Haute City Courclass Dt on Sept. 16.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A high school girl who falsely reported she had been sexually assaulted by a classmate was put on 10 months probation Thursday in Sarnia court.

The 16-year-old pleaded guilty to making the false report to Sarnia police in the spring.

The girl and a male student went to a park near their school for consensual sexual activity before returning to school.

She later told police she had been assaulted by the boy.

A police investigation determined it was a false allegation but not before the boy was interviewed by police and the girl underwent a sexual assault examination at the hospital.

The girl admitted the allegation was false.

The girl's mental health issues played a large part in the false report, said defence lawyer Noelle Wright.

The boy had developmental issues but the girl did not take advantage of him during the incident, said Wright.'

Story here.

'VANCOUVER, B.C. — A former private school teacher who sexually assaulted one of her teenaged students and then gossiped about it to his friends is going to jail for six months and will spend two years on probation.

A provincial court judge in Vancouver heard the teacher, who can't be named, convinced the Grade 11 student that if he were sexually active he would be more confident.

After the two had sex, the teen learned the woman had phoned two of his closest friends and talked about what they had done, his lack of experience and her frustration.

While the woman initially denied having sex with the student, she entered a guilty plea in May to touching for a sexual purpose while in a position of trust.

On top of the six-month jail term, the former teacher also has to give a sample of her DNA, can't have any contact with males between the ages of 14-and 18-years-old, and has been ordered to attend counselling.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'HEPPNER, Ore. — The Morrow County sheriff's office arrested a female teacher accused of having sex with two boys, 15 and 17.

The sheriff's office says 30-year-old teacher was taken into custody Monday and lodged at the Umatilla County Jail on charges of sexual misconduct and rape.
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The sheriff's office says the incidents began before the end of the last school year and continued through the middle of July. Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Ballard says she plans to present the case to a grand jury this week.

Superintendent Mark Burrows says the teacher has been a "super" teacher. The district placed her on administrative leave last week following accusations of inappropriate contact with minors.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'OSHAWA -- A former Durham Region teacher has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and a year of house arrest after admitting to a sexual relationship with a teenaged boy.

Jill Sparks, of Bowmanville, trembled visibly as she offered a tearful apology in an Oshawa courtroom Monday morning, often sobbing as she described the toll her crime and conviction have taken on herself and her family.
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Justice Halikowski imposed a sentence of 45 days in jail in addition to a 12-month conditional sentence, during which Ms. Sparks will be confined to her home. She will be on the federal sex offenders list for 20 years and has been ordered to submit a sample of her DNA. She is prohibited for 10 years from working or volunteering with children.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Madeleine Martin, 39, is facing jail after she admitted sexual activity with the boy at a school in Tameside, Greater Manchester, which cannot be named for legal reasons.

The teacher, who is now estranged from her husband, stood with her head bowed in the dock at Manchester Crown Court as she pleaded guilty to ten charges of sexual activity with a child under 16.
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The judge told her that she would also be registered as a sex offender under the Sexual Offences Act and would also be investigated by the Independent Safeguarding Authority who would decide whether she should be banned from working with children or vulnerable adults.'

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'ESCANABA - A Gladstone woman who said she was brutally sexually assaulted last year was sentenced Tuesday to four months in Delta County Jail on two counts of attempted filing of a false report of a felony.

Amanda Chatterton Miller, 27, claimed she was sexually assaulted by a stranger on Feb. 27, 2008, in Brampton Township. She told police in the hospital emergency room she was kidnapped, beaten and raped, and also a victim of sodomy.

Following an intensive two-day hunt for the suspect, Miller confessed to police she had lied about being assaulted by a man who never existed. She told police she and her husband, Gilbert Tryan, made up the story so he wouldn't get in trouble.
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In addition to the four months in jail, Davis ordered Miller to 18 months probation on each of the two counts of attempted filing of a false police report, to be served concurrently. She was also ordered to pay restitution to be determined, $526 in fines and costs, and attorney fees to be determined.'