Tag: rape
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Colorado Supreme Court identifies potential red flag in state’s sex offender sentencing law
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday suggested the 25-year-old law governing criminal sentences for sex offenders might run afoul of the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment when applied to juveniles serving lengthy terms of incarceration. The ultimate question of whether the Sex Offender Lifetime Supervision Act, or SOLSA, is unconstitutional in the case of…
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Fort Carson soldier acquitted of rape charges, found guilty of indecent recording and aggravated assault
A Fort Carson soldier was acquitted this week of sexual assault charges, but found guilty of indecent recording and aggravated assault. Spc. Gonzalo Michael Perez, a military police officer, was the third and last soldier to face a court-martial related to an alleged gang rape during May 2021. Mariano Rosendo was found guilty of sexual…
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Fort Carson soldier found not guilty in gang rape case
A military judge decided Thursday a Fort Carson soldier was not guilty of rape or a weapons charge stemming from an encounter during May 2021. A civilian woman had accused Pvt. 1st Class Stedman Bell and two other Fort Carson soldiers of sexually assaulting her at a home off base. Bell was the second one…
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Court-martial in Fort Carson gang rape case begins
The court-martial of a Fort Carson private accused of rape started Monday with the victim taking the stand to recount how she believes the man and two other soldiers assaulted her. Pvt. 1st Class Stedman Bell, a military police officer, is the second man to face a court-martial over an alleged assault that took place…
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Air Force officer gives tearful testimony in sexual assault court-martial
Editor’s note: An Air Force Academy cadet was found not guilty Friday, Jan. 12, of sexually assaulting a woman who is now an Air Force officer. Lt. Col. Judge Dayle Percle ruled Cadet Tony Heidelberger not guilty of any sexual assault charges in a court-martial that started two days earlier. An Air Force officer tearfully…
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New video leads to case dismissal in alleged gang rape
Prosecutors on Tuesday dismissed a rape case against an 18-year-old man after a newly obtained video showed the alleged victim apparently granted consent, contradicting her earlier claims of a violent gang rape. Because he was 16 at the time, nothing in Colorado law would have prevented Uves Dequan Williams from having sex with a 13-year-old…
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New video leads to case dismissal in alleged gang rape
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors on Tuesday dismissed a rape case against an 18-year-old man after a newly obtained video showed the alleged victim apparently granted consent, contradicting her earlier claims of a violent gang rape. Because he was 16 at the time, nothing in Colorado law would have…