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Although medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, grow operations are often kept secret to protect them from criminals. Go inside a warehouse in Colorado Springs where Trichome Health Consultants keeps more than one hundred marijuana plants. (Audio slideshow, running time 2:04 minutes.)
From NPR.org: “A college campus isn’t the first place that comes to mind in a discussion about violent crime. But research funded by the U.S. Department of Justice estimates that 1 out of 5 college women will be sexually assaulted. NPR’s investigative unit teamed up with journalists at the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) to [...]
Officials at the University of Colorado know about a pattern of alleged date-rape drug use at a fraternity in Boulder, but say the law prevents them from naming the fraternity to police. An investigation of sexual assault on college campuses found CU and others colleges across Colorado are withholding information about sexual assaults against students.
If your image of a rapist is a hooded stranger in a dark alley, think again. The face of most rapists is one their victims recognize. In almost all sexual assaults – 90 percent, according to the U.S. Justice Department – the attacker is someone the victim knows. Read the stories: Privacy Laws Prevent [...]
Read the stories: Privacy Laws Prevent Sex Assault Investigations Rape Prevention Fails when it’s Focused on the Wrong Rapist Video: Privacy vs Prosecution Mary Friedrichs, who directs the Office of Victim Assistance at the University of Colorado, the District Attorney for Boulder County Stan Garnett and Joanne Belknap, who survived a sexual assault as a [...]
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