https://freerepublic.com/tag/freepermisogyny/ en-us Sat, 3 Oct 2026 18:42:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4397809/posts About 20 states have laws that can make it difficult to prosecute sexual assault cases if accusers voluntarily drank or took drugs. As detailed allegations of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University emerged last month, Summer Willis felt both horror and a sense of recognition. There were fraternity brothers exchanging vulgar messages about the accuser on Snapchat, echoing what Willis says happened after she herself was assaulted in 2014. And there was a district attorney saying on television that state law had made filing charges difficult or impossible, just as Willis had been told years ago. “I almost threw... The Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4397809/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2026 18:42:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4397651/posts New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed as special prosecutor in the Cornell University sexual assault investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, following increasing scrutiny and uproar over how university police and the local district attorney’s office handled the matter two years ago. Hochul said in a statement that “newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation,” which has in turn “undercut my faith, and the public’s faith.” She said James, who has been attorney general since 2019, will take over the case of a former Cornell University student who alleged in a lawsuit last... NBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4397651/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2026 10:38:44 GMT