Melanie Page’s Reviews > Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town > Status Update
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"The focus of this investigation shouldn't simply be this one, seemingly isolated rape," [David Lisak explains]. "It should be 'Who is this suspect? Who can tell us what he's reall like? Who are the other women he may have raped?' Detectives need to subpoena e-mail accounts, look into the suspect's Facebook friends."
— Mar 14, 2016 01:41PM
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Melanie Page
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Police officers who approach rape cases in this way are likely to turn up other crimes. And when prosecutors have evidence of multiple victims, it becomes much harder for defense attorneys to attack any single victim's credibility--the time-honored rape defense that so often results in acquittal.
— Mar 14, 2016 01:42PM
Melanie Page
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"When you have a victim who is willing to go the distance and you shut her down, what does that say to other victims? 'Don't bother'? When cops and prosecutors fail to aggressively pursue sexual-assault cases ... it sends a message to sexual predators that women are fair game and can be raped with impunity."
— Mar 14, 2016 01:32PM
