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#MeToo activists, criminal justice reformers at odds over judge’s recall
The voters of Santa Clara County have spoken, and the judge who in 2016 gave a light sentence of six months in jail to a Stanford swimmer convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault was recalled last week. But
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Why Stanford rape uproar may buffet Gov. Brown, AG Harris
Proposition 57 — the newly numbered November “parole reform” ballot measure championed by Gov. Jerry Brown — has already proven controversial. The measure was revised and expanded dramatically late in the authorization process. The California Supreme Court gave its blessing to
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State-funded disabled care center settles assault case with paltry $400,000
A care-giving facility for disabled adults and the taxpayer-funded groups that oversee it have settled a 2011 lawsuit that accused the center of numerous instances of abuse and violent attacks on patients. The incidents include the sexual assault of several
Read MoreSexual ‘assault’ or ‘harassment’? Filner could be on last legs
July 13, 2013 By Chris Reed San Diego Mayor Bob Filner’s attempt to fight off the push to force him to quit because of alleged sexual harassment went well Thursday, when former allies trashed him at a press conference without
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Obama lectures USNA grads on morals
May 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes President Barack Obama gave the commencement speech Friday to the 2013 graduating class of the United States Naval Academy, lecturing them on morals and calling for an end to sexual assaults in the military.
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