trials (rape)

Examines a series of sexual assaults that took place in Missoula Montana between 2010 and 2012, with focus on the experiences of the victims, the lack of an appropriate response by law enforcement, and the backlash the victims faced from some members of the university community and the city. Also discusses the prevalence of rape and the ineffective systems in place for investigating rapes and prosecuting rapists.

In 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the civil rights movement.

Two small children in a small Alabama town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man charged with raping a white girl.

Examines the rape trials of the Scottsboro boys, the nine young African-American men accused of assaulting two white women in Alabama in 1931, and discusses the case's impact on American race relations the civil rights movement.

The author presents detailed information on the Duke Lacrosse rape case that divided the town and destroyed the lives of several players and its coach.