Episode 5: Why prosecutors are not charging rape suspects even when they have solid evidence - podcast episode cover

Episode 5: Why prosecutors are not charging rape suspects even when they have solid evidence

Oct 20, 201822 minSeason 1Ep. 5
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Episode description

This episode of the Inside the News / Investigating Rape podcast explores why is it so hard to prosecute rape in Minnesota. It tells the story of "Rabbit," a woman who reported to police that she was raped by a friend. Even when investigators taped a conversation with him admitting that he knew it was wrong and that she hadn't consent, prosecutors refused to pursue the case, and he the suspect was never charged. 

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