Wednesday, February 26, 2014
"Sex Assault Victim Jailed To Make Her Testify Against Accused Rapist"
From The Huffington Post:
The 43-year-old woman has not been charged with a crime, The Longview Daily News reports, but a Cowlitz County judge ordered a material witness warrant for her after she failed to show up for pre-trial meetings with prosecutors.
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A similar case drew national attention in 2012, when a 17-year-old rape victim in Sacramento failed to appear at a hearing. She was placed in a juvenile detention center for weeks to ensure she would testify against the man who kidnapped her while she was waiting for a friend at a train station, then raped her.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2014/02/sex-assault-victim-jailed-to-make-her-testify-against-accused-rapist.html