Marshall Perkins: Voluntary Rape

On December 5, 1971, Ehrlich Coker was to have allegedly raped and stabbed a young woman to death. Less than a year later, he kidnapped and raped a sixteen year old female. There was an additional victim in which he tortured the young woman and abandoned her in a wooded area. After his apprehension, Mr. Coker pled guilty to the offenses. “ He was sentenced by three separate courts to three life terms, two 20-year terms, and one 8-year term of imprisonment” (Brody & Acker, 2010, p. 57). While Mr. Coker was serving his sentences at the Ware Correctional Institution, he escaped the facility on September 2, 1974. On the evening of his escape, he is to have allegedly broken into the home of Allen and Elnita Carver and held the couple hostage. During this altercation, Mr. Coker is thought to have committed the act of rape against Mrs. Carver and abducted her from the home, utilizing the couple’s car. Mr. Carver was able to free himself and notify law enforcement. The car, along with Mrs. Carve and Mr. Coker was located. Due to the events that occurred on this particular day, Mr. Coker was charged with “escape, armed robbery, motor vehicle theft, kidnapping and rape” (Brody & Acker, 2010, p.54).

On November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone Magazine published an article that attracted over 2.7 million views, “more than any other feature not about a celebrity that the magazine had ever published.” The article, “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” catapulted the issue of rape culture on college campuses into a national discussion. Encouraging this discussion and urging universities across the country to increase their efforts to combat this was the goal of Sabrina Rubin Erdely when she set out to find a story that encompassed just that. However, the article was ultimately retracted and removed from the website by Rolling Stone due to fabrications and ethical issues in the story.

There was no concrete evidence pointing out to a suspect, until a strand of hair was found convicting George Perrot.

There are several factors to consider when examining the situation of publishing the Rolling Stone UVA rape story. The three theories used to examine more closely the ethical decision the editor had when publishing the story are Kantian perspective, virtue ethics and the Utilitarianism approach, as well as the pros and cons of the situation.

Racism is a controversial point that has been taking place in the United States since early times. This same point was affecting students in the University of Missouri since several months ago. The Missouri University’s president Timothy Wolfe has been accused of not taking action against the persistent racial epithets and actions in the university. After the biased demise of Michael Brown, by a white police officer, an abundant number of students and faculty members were inspired by this incident and held demonstrations and protests against segregation. However, the crucial impact that cause Wolfe’s retirement of his responsibilities as a President of the University was the Football boycott. The country’s most dominant college football league

America stands by traditional notions where rape culture is the norm and revolves around society. In particular, when a woman is raped, their actions prior to the incident are usually accounted for their fate of being sexually assaulted. Lately in America, there has been a controversy over women being victim blamed by legal authority in rape cases. These women are slut shammed for allegedly “asking for it” by being intoxicated and having the intention to “have fun”. Because of these accusations of allegedly seeking to engage sexually, rape victims are blamed for initiating the sexual act. An ongoing controversial rape case is the Stanford rape trial of Brock Turner, where the victim was sexually assaulted while unconscious near a dumpster. Turner was convicted for sexual assault, however was only incarcerated for three months. This has recently caused uproar due to justice and retribution not being equally served. The incident occurred near a university campus party; where alcohol was involved and memory loss was present. In addition, she was rushed to the hospital as a rape victim and was examined. Despite complying to use a rape kit and be evaluated, the victim’s accountability is undermined by the leniency of treatment in rape charges. When examining linguistic features of both parties’ written statements, several factors can be analyzed such as each participant’s stance and the credibility of their accounts. In addition, when dissecting a victim’s written account,

The case I am about to describe is the case of Christopher Abernathy. He was 48 years old when he left prison. He was only 18 years old when he was jailed. The reason he was sent to jail because of a murder of a 15 year old girl. Kristina Hickey had been walking home from her high school Choir practice in Park Forest, she disappeared on October 3, 1984. They did not find her body until two days later. After they have examined her body it was known that she had been stabbed numerous times and she had been sexually assaulted. Christopher had already been questioned by the police and he was let go. A year later they arrested him and he was charged with murder. Then an attorney with the innocence project and he found out that the police that

Prison Rape is no secret in today’s society. The American media has portrayed prison rape as a joke (Don’t drop the soap) in countless films, television shows, and in music, but have not realized the extent of how dangerous this crime is. Some cops even use this method as a means to get a confession from a suspect. A major obstacle in solving Prison rape is the notorious under-reporting of the crime. Only 16 percent of prison rape victims report their victimization. Reasons for under reporting are fear of consequences, shame, guilt, embarrassment, and refuse to relive painful details. This paper explores prison rape and its psychological and physical harm to not only inmates, but to society as well. It also discusses recent efforts to

In the fall of 1995, Kristin Cooper was a sophomore at Baker University in Kansas. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, an expert skier from the mountains of Colorado, a swimmer, and was active in band, choir and drama.

Journalist are so focused on getting a “hot” story that they forget one of the most important principles of journalism, which is the notion of objectivity. Objectivity is described, as “an objective journalist is one who is detached, neutral, impartial, and unbiased” (Knowlton 45). When Rolling Stone had Steve Coll and his crew investigate the story that was one of the first problems found in the story of the UVA campus rape. Sabrina Rubin Erdely was in search of a “college rape case that would show “what it’s like to be on campus now” (Coronel). When Erdely found a story she just went with it, she did not research enough to make sure the story was credible. From the beginning of the whole process of the story she already started off unbiased and not neutral to the true facts of the story.

The purpose of this research is to acknowledge the existence of rape in the black community as well as the hypersexualization of African American women in the media. This research will elaborate on the psychological effect of rape, give personal testimonies of victims, and discuss solutions, prevention, as well as a history of the “where, when, and why” of this crime. It will also discuss the effect of rape on men, provide information in regards to the most common places rape occurs/has occurred and also give light on the perspective of men and women when it comes to the issue of sexual assault.

Correspondingly, both cases between the Massie case and Tom Robinson case deal with rape. Rape is an unlawful assault against male of female. According to the “ honoluluadvertiser.com, “the massive case remains the notorious criminal incident in modern history. All men which were accused of raping Thalia Massie. The five men were Hawaiian, Japanese, and also Chinese Hawaiian. Conflicting viewpoint, Tom Robinson was an black man who trys to defend himself, he assured himself that he wouldn't be proven guilty.

Sex Crimes is the law that overviews what is considered rape, who can commit rape and defines rape itself. When this was originally passed the bill referred to only a woman as the victim, Male rape has never been recognized by law until 1994. Studies such as the one in the image below, done by rainn.org on male college student rape, helps people to realize that men are at risk of rape as well. They are found to be most vulnerable between the ages of 18-24 and are more likely to be raped in college than one who is not in college. The rape law has also defined rape as the refusal of sexual intercourse or action that is then acted upon. The law not being gender neutral made the definition seem contradictory. Idaho changed this

On March 26, 1999, six year old Opal Jo Jennings was abducted outside her grandparent’s home in Saginaw, Texas. The man responsible for Opal’s abduction and subsequent rape and murder was later revealed to be thirty year old Richard Lee Franks, a convicted child molester. Franks’ good behavior allowed him to be set on parole for a 1991 child molestation charge- a release that proved catastrophic to an innocent little girl and her family. In the same area, convicted killer and sexual predator Wesley Miller has been released several times over the past two decades under mandatory supervision. Each time being sent back to correctional facilities for refusal to attend treatment and was even convicted of stalking a Wichita Falls woman. Both

Simply put, marital rape can be defined as “forced sexual activity demanded of a wife by her husband”. There is a common assumption that society takes that rape is usually committed by a stranger and cannot be