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Read Next National Cops refused to investigate ‘serial rapist,’ suit says.
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The State Department claims the group includes rapists and murderers, but critics argue that due process is being disregarded, leaving migrants vulnerable to abuse in one of the most violent countries in the region.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
That same year, DeSantis also signed a bill that would allow child rapists to be executed, challenging existing U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Many key elements of Williams’s story remain impossible to confirm, but subsequent lawsuits and investigations have lent credence to the idea that one of the most prolific and notorious rapists in American history operated unchecked because of police corruption.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The State Department claims the group includes rapists and murderers, but critics argue that due process is being disregarded, leaving migrants vulnerable to abuse in one of the most violent countries in the region.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
That same year, DeSantis also signed a bill that would allow child rapists to be executed, challenging existing U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Many key elements of Williams’s story remain impossible to confirm, but subsequent lawsuits and investigations have lent credence to the idea that one of the most prolific and notorious rapists in American history operated unchecked because of police corruption.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapist. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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rapist
noun
rap·ist
ˈrā-pəst 
: an individual who commits rape
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