California court reverses rape conviction for hitchhiker warning
A California appeals court reversed a rape conviction, saying a lone female hitchhiker may be perceived as willing to consent. Justice Lynn D. Compton noted warning signals, but critics slammed the ruling as giving license to sexual assault. The reversal rested on a technicality about jury instructions on prior sex-offense evidence.
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2Nd District Court of Appeals
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Secret Defense Briefing Describes North Korea Helicopter Incident
Secretary Brown outlined a tragic accident near North Korea, where a routine transport flight entered North Korean air space after a misjudged landing location and mistaken gunfire. The crew attempted a quick takeoff as civilians approached. the helicopter crashed into a river, killing the pilot and two crew members while the co-pilot survived. North Korea treated the survivor humanely after deeming it a non crisis incident. The bodies of the three dead Americans were returned. The report also notes the Shwe Dagon pagoda in Rangoon Burma reportedly began 2500 years ago to enshrine eight hairs of Buddha’s head.
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