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“Montana judge gives a former teacher 30 days in jail for the rape of a 14-year-old student, and then calls the victim ‘older than her chronological age.'” Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-montana-judge-20130829,0,1463530.story

“In a message posted to its website, Twitter says it is introducing a one-click button to report abuse and updating its rules to clarify that it will not tolerate abusive behavior.”

“Recent congressional hearings featured generals promising change and outlining programs created to fix the issues, but those in this military community say that’s not enough to solve the problem.”

“And I cannot help but wonder if Zimmerman had been held accountable for the violence he had already inflicted on girls and women, that Trayvon Martin might be with us here today.”

“Father Daniel Budzynski is accused of molesting more than 40 young boys over 31 years, while the Milwaukee Archdiocese shuffled him around to a dozen local parishes. For all those years, the church never told parishioners or the public what it knew.”

“It was a huge case happening here in Pennsylvania. It would have been like ignoring the 800-pound gorilla in the room had we not addressed it,” explained Richard Long of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.”