New Jersey Attorney General Deborah Poritz wrote a letter to the state’s 21 prosecutors Friday (4-12) directing them to resume enforcement of Megan’s Law. By the end of the month, prosecutors will begin notifying communities of the whereabouts of sex offenders. The law, adopted in 1994 after 7-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by […]
Former Detective George W. Irvine of Ventura Police Department, may seriously jeopardize the prosecution of accused rapist Peter A Stocks. Surrounded by controversy regarding his own misconduct, the former California detective who lead the Stocks investigation may not be able to testify in the Stocks rape trial. The 47-year-old officer resigned last fall after being […]
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, uncovered new hope for mothers-to-be with high blood pressure. By taking calcium supplements, women can reduce the risk of developing preeclampsia. The common disorder effects seven percent of fetuses in the latter half of the pregnancy, causing fetal fluid retention, dangerous seizures, and in possibly death of the […]
On March 1, Eula Chiles from Tulsa Oklahoma, was abducted by ex-boyfriend Velzo Harrison and handcuffed to a bed in his apartment. After using a pair of scissors to free her feet and hands, Chiles escaped on April 8. Harrison is now in jail after keeping her imprisoned for the last month and routinely beating […]
A 19-year-old Naval Academy Midshipman is being held on $35,000 bond after being charged with child abuse and assault and battery. Jeremy Michael Coale was visiting an Annapolis home on March 26 when he sexually assaulting a female toddler.
The California Assembly Judiciary Committee passed a bill Wednesday (4-10) that would impose criminal penalties on state and college officials who do not comply with bans on affirmative action. Sponsored by Assembly member Bernie Richter (R-Chico), the bill (AB 2468) would allow felony criminal penalties that could result in fines or one-year prison sentences, and […]
Records show that since 1993, 19 students were admitted to the University of California Berkeley solely because of the intervention of VIPs, including UC Regent Ward Connerly who is leading the fight to dismantle affirmative action programs which he says amount to racial “preferences.” A committee created to review such VIP referrals gave “some special […]
According to a Stanford University researcher, young male doctors are more likely to be trained in higher-paying specialties, work longer hours, and are subsequently paid more. In the under 45 age category, male doctors made an average of $155,000 a year in 1990 while female doctors earned $110,000 a year, according to a national survey […]
The case of Fauziya Kasinga will be heard next month by the federal Board of Immigration Appeals. The young woman is seeking asylum in the United States to escape the female genital mutilation she would be subjected to in Togo. The United Nations considers the tribal ritual a human rights violation
On Wednesday (4-10) President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have been the first to outlaw a form of abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The rarely-used procedure, technically referred to as “intact dilation and evacuation” is performed after 20 weeks of gestation when severe disorders of the fetus or complications with the […]
On Friday (4-5), the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays in the military instituted by the Clinton administration. The 9-4 decision said that courts “were not created to award by judicial decree what was not achievable by political consensus.” The ruling upheld a lower court ruling […]
A study in the April 8, 1996 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine adds to mounting evidence that women get more complete breast cancer screenings from women doctors than from men. The study suggests that women getting mammograms are less likely to get an additional physical breast exam from male doctors. According to Dr. Karen […]
Chicago police are investigating a complaint made by a 25-year-old woman from Gary, Indiana that convicted rapist Mike Tyson sexually assaulted her in a Chicago nightclub booth. The woman, who wants her identity kept secret, is accusing heavyweight fighter Tyson of “sexual battery” in the Sunday (4-7) incident. Her lawyer said she was treated at […]
On Tuesday (4-9), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) a filed a sexual harassment suit against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing on behalf of hundreds of female workers at the Normal, Illinois factory which employs 4,000 workers. Filed at the U.S. District Court in Peoria, Ill., the suit: seeks an injunction to stop mistreatment of women at […]
According to a poll issued last week by the Pew Research Center, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole trails President Clinton by only two percentage points among men (46 to 48) but by twenty points among women (37 to 57). With the boost from women, Clinton leads Dole by 12 percentage points overall. The gender gap […]
A man who was acquitted of rape in 1992 after being cleared by DNA tests was arrested for rape on Monday (4-8). Prosecutors say DNA evidence will help prove his guilt alongside evidence of a matching license plate and hair follicles. They also claim the attacker was aware of DNA testing because he tried to […]
A jury in Contra Costa County convicted a man Tuesday (4-9) of assaulting a woman in her home despite his claims that the attack was part of a kinky sex scheme. Elliot Kwok, a former chief pharmacist for Kaiser Permanente, was jailed immediately after being acquitted of an attempted murder charge that could have led […]
In a lawsuit expected to be filed Tuesday (4-9), federal officials allege that Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. violated the rights of hundreds of female workers. Chicago District Director of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission John Rowe has suggested that the case against the subsidiary of the Japanese auto company “could become the largest […]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America has chosen a new president. Gloria A. Feldt, 53, became head of Planned Parenthood’s Phoenix affiliate in 1978 after serving as executive director of the affiliate in Odessa, Texas. Feldt, who married at age 15 and had three children by the time she was 20, said she understands the importance […]
Through software called “Princess Maker,” Japanese men can adopt a computer- created 10-year-old girl, choose her clothes (including lingerie) or have her sunbathe naked. The game, now in its third version in Japan claims it allows Japanese men to fantasize about having control in the home, the one place they have no say. As the […]
