I know it seems like I had an obsession with rape and violence today.
I apologize.
Those were the stories that stuck out like a sore thumb as I perused the wires and the pages of the Metro.
I promise, tomorrow will be more upbeat.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Rape. Murder. Interpol. Facebook. Better than OJ
If this had happened in the United States, it would be bigger than the OJ Trial. In the eyes of the global community, particularly in Europe, it's bigger. Here's the run down:
Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British international college student studying in Italy was raped and murdered Nov. 1.
Suspects from multiple countries have been arrested in the case.
On Nov. 6, Amanda Knox, 20, the victim's American roommate who is a student of University of Washington was arrested along with her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 24. Knox implicated Patrick Lumumba Diya, 38, a Colognese musician and bar owner in an interview following her arrest.
Seems that there is a lot of finger-pointing going around, and that the young undergrads were highly interested in sexual experimentation. There have even been suggestions that Kercher was killed because she refused to engage in an orgy, and that upon refusal, she was raped while Knox held her down with a grip so strong that it left her fingerprints in Kercher's arms.
Today, in an Interpol operation, German police arrested Rudy Herman Guede, 21, whose fingerprints had been found at the bloody scene. Police found Guede trying to board a train between the German cities of Mainz and Koblenz without a ticket. He was tracked down in Milan when he momentarily turned on his cell phone, and then traced through a communication he sent on Facebook.
Following Guede's arrest, Diya was released from jail.
For gorey details, check out the dedicated Wiki page , or this article in The Independent.
Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British international college student studying in Italy was raped and murdered Nov. 1.
Suspects from multiple countries have been arrested in the case.
On Nov. 6, Amanda Knox, 20, the victim's American roommate who is a student of University of Washington was arrested along with her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 24. Knox implicated Patrick Lumumba Diya, 38, a Colognese musician and bar owner in an interview following her arrest.
Seems that there is a lot of finger-pointing going around, and that the young undergrads were highly interested in sexual experimentation. There have even been suggestions that Kercher was killed because she refused to engage in an orgy, and that upon refusal, she was raped while Knox held her down with a grip so strong that it left her fingerprints in Kercher's arms.
Today, in an Interpol operation, German police arrested Rudy Herman Guede, 21, whose fingerprints had been found at the bloody scene. Police found Guede trying to board a train between the German cities of Mainz and Koblenz without a ticket. He was tracked down in Milan when he momentarily turned on his cell phone, and then traced through a communication he sent on Facebook.
Following Guede's arrest, Diya was released from jail.
For gorey details, check out the dedicated Wiki page , or this article in The Independent.
Saudi rape victim sentenced to lashing, 6 months.
Reuters reports Saudi Arabia defended a court's decision to sentence a woman who was gang raped to 200 lashes and six months in prison.
The 19-year-old Shi'ite woman and a male companion were abducted and raped by seven men in 2006. According to Saudi law, the woman was originally sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with an unrelated man, and 10 months to five years in jail for each of the rapists, but the sentence was increased last week because the woman provoked response from the media.
The court also disciplines the girl's attorney, Abdul-Rahman al-Lahem, forcibly removing him from the case for discussing it with the media.
The US State Department made a rare rebuke of the ruling, and New York-based Human Rights Watch has made a direct appeal to King Abdullah to intervene on the girl's behalf.
( Read more. )
The 19-year-old Shi'ite woman and a male companion were abducted and raped by seven men in 2006. According to Saudi law, the woman was originally sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with an unrelated man, and 10 months to five years in jail for each of the rapists, but the sentence was increased last week because the woman provoked response from the media.
The court also disciplines the girl's attorney, Abdul-Rahman al-Lahem, forcibly removing him from the case for discussing it with the media.
The US State Department made a rare rebuke of the ruling, and New York-based Human Rights Watch has made a direct appeal to King Abdullah to intervene on the girl's behalf.
( Read more. )
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