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Buck’s refusal to prosecute 2005 rape case reverberates in U.S. Senate...

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Buck's decision not to prosecute a rape case five years ago angers women still, more because of his dismissive attitude toward the victim than for the decision itself.

Don’t Tell The Jury You’re A Virgin

The Colorado Supreme Court held today that evidence offered by the prosecution that a victim of sexual assault is a virgin is not admissible...