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From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana — stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape
Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a highly regarded state university, bucolic surroundings, a lively social scene, and an excellent football team — the
3) Lucky
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
2002, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was transformed when at age 18 she was raped and beaten in a park near her college campus.
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Publisher
Denver-Austin & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Tony Williams is a star free safety for a professional football team in addition to being a highly respected member of his community. Happily married, he always rejects advances from female fans. Furious at Tony's refusal to sleep with her, the daugh
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English
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In 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Alabama. The young men were accused of crimes they did not commit, including rape. This unjust arrest led to years of imprisonment and trials for the young men, who were known as the Scottsboro Boys. The Scottsboro Boys examines their legacy and how their trials shaped the criminal justice system --
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A riveting historical drama that tells the story of the first rape trial on record in American history and the fault lines of class privilege and gender bias that it exposed, showing how much has changed over two centuries and how much has not--
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Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America's criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform. Over his career, Jerome F. Buting has spent hundreds of hours in courtrooms representing defendants in criminal trials. When he agreed to join Dean Strang as...
10) Fury
Author
Series
Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi thrillers volume 17
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this searing memoir, the author, "the girl" at the center of the infamous Roman Polanski sexual assault case, breaks a virtual thirty-five year silence to tell her story and reflect on the events of that day and their lifelong repercussions. March 1977, Southern California. Roman Polanski drives a rented Mercedes along Mulholland Drive to Jack Nicholson's house. Sitting next to him is an aspiring actress, Samantha Geimer, recently arrived from...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An inspiring story of resilience and bravery by the Canadian woman who became the linchpin of the case to bring Bill Cosby to justice. Andrea Constand did the right thing, not just for herself, but for sixty other women. When Bill Cosby was convicted on three counts of sexual assault in 2018, the verdict sent shock waves around the globe. Some were outraged that a beloved icon of family values, the man dubbed America's dad, had been accused, let alone...
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Publisher
Dorrance Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
How do two housewives with no personal relation to the case become involved in a ten-year long battle to set three men free? To Prove Them Innocent is the true story about how their efforts, along with the fortitude of the families of the men convicted, fought to uncover and expose the truth. When three men can be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit, it screams for reform within the justice system. The news media isn't always un-biased and...
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