Former prosecutor Kenneth Kratz won't face criminal charges for repeatedly sexting an abuse victim while prosecuting her ex-boyfriend. However, investigation into his "misconduct" did turn up some other accusations.
Bobby Franklin, a (gasp!) Republican from Georgia, has introduced a bill to change the civil and criminal codes of the state so that victims of stalking, rape, and domestic violence must be called "accusers," not victims. Oh my fucking god.
On his self-professed stalking of a woman after one date: "She gave me some line of baloney, and I thought, 'well, she's fibbing to me.'" Not only does he sound like Ned Flanders, he may also be lying about it.
Florida Gator Wide Receiver Chris Rainey, known most recently for his September arrest for threatening a woman with a "TIME TO DIE, BITCH" text message, returns to the field today against the Georgia Bulldogs. You stay classy, Urban Meyer.
Here's a worst-case scenario for you.
Erin Andrews was on Capitol Hill yesterday to advocate for a bill that would include newer technologies in federal anti-stalking laws, as well as expand the definition of stalking. It just passed in the House. How badly is it needed?
"I saw that you checked in there on Foursquare," said the stranger calling the restaurant where Shea Sylvia was dining. He suggested they "hang out," adding, "You probably shouldn't be telling people where you are on Foursquare, should you?"
When one writer asked her parents how they met, the answer was basically "Daddy relentlessly stalked Mommy until she gave in and married him." A charming tale — and one we've heard a few too many times.
Erin Andrews, the ESPN reporter who was stalked and videotaped naked, appeared on GMA this morning to discuss the sentencing of her stalker (he got 30 months). Andrews admits she had a "meltdown" at the courthouse:
Clare Waxman's life was ruined by a stalker - she was plagued by anxiety and fears for her family's safety for seven years . So why is sixteen weeks of jail time considered a just punishment?
Neighbors are (predictably) shocked at the arrest of Michael David Barrett for stalking sportscaster Erin Andrews, because "he looked absolutely normal."
A new survey claims that professors are more vulnerable to stalking than the general population, and that male professors suffer it nearly as often as women.
The NY Times' Elizabeth Olson had a great piece on stalking this weekend. Basically, not that many people report it, laws are inadequate and police can be apathetic. Tell me about it. [New York Times]
In movies, a male protagonist is often gifted with the magical power of seeing directly into the soul of a woman with whom he's had virtually no contact. In the real world, however, when a guy purports to do this, words like "stalking" and "armchair psychoanalysis" come to mind. Which, of course, brings us to "Doug"…
Friends. How many of us have too many of them to actually know how many we have? The Washington Post examines this topic in a vaguely disturbing piece. I have 510 friends on Facebook, 209 on MySpace, 17 friends and 107 "followers" on this blog and about 13 of those Luddite-type people with landlines and no social…
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