<p>Mass. Governor Proposes Eliminating Statute of Limitations for Rape When DNA Evidence Exists<br>---</p><p>A WBUR-ProPublica investigation found that no DNA match, testimony or even confession could allow a rape to be prosecuted after the state’s 15-year deadline. The governor aims to “help survivors who have had to wait far too long for justice.” <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mas</span><span class="invisible">sachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="/tags/rape/" rel="tag">#Rape</a> <a href="/tags/assault/" rel="tag">#Assault</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/dna/" rel="tag">#DNA</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>
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<p>Happy birthday Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958), <a href="/tags/chemist/" rel="tag">#chemist</a> & x-ray <a href="/tags/crystallographer/" rel="tag">#crystallographer</a> whose x-ray diffraction images were instrumental to discovering double-helix structure of <a href="/tags/dna/" rel="tag">#DNA</a>, made important contributions to <a href="/tags/carbon/" rel="tag">#carbon</a> & <a href="/tags/virus/" rel="tag">#virus</a> research, was 1 of the great scientists of the 20th century.<br><br>Watson’s bio lead some to (inaccurately) joke, “What did Watson and Crick discover?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes.” 🧵</p><p><a href="/tags/linocut/" rel="tag">#linocut</a> <a href="/tags/printmaking/" rel="tag">#printmaking</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="/tags/histstm/" rel="tag">#histstm</a> <a href="/tags/sciart/" rel="tag">#sciart</a></p>
<p>After 17 Years, DNA Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.<br>---</p><p>Massachusetts has one of the strictest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mas</span><span class="invisible">sachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/rape/" rel="tag">#Rape</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/dna/" rel="tag">#DNA</a></p>
<p>英國《BBC》製作和播放的長壽劇集《Silent Witness》，今年二月播出第 29 季，而在日前播出的最新一集，當中有一段提到黎智英、流亡港人。</p><p>在該集劇集中，一名流亡港人女子，形容自己因為爭取自由被威脅、通輯，而她做過的只是策劃示威要求釋放黎智英。劇集角色又在討論中形容，黎智英是香港富商和和平的民主倡議者，他留在香港為自由而戰，但被港府被家中帶走再單獨囚禁，該名流亡港人女子又指自己不介意留下 DNA 樣本，日後認屍都較方便。<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVfzHJGCR0z/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.instagram.com/p/DVfzHJGCR0z/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.instagram.com/p/DVfzHJGCR0</span><span class="invisible">z/</span></a></p>
