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So about half of the total rapes on campuses now are done by serial rapists, but they are never punished.
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Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump advocated expanding the death penalty for drug dealers, human traffickers, and child rapists.
—Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2008, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional when the child survives, the American Bar Journal reported Monday.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The image of the 72-year-old grandmother sitting straight-backed in a French courtroom as her 50 rapists were convicted today is as indelible as the facts of the Avignon trial are inexplicable.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump advocated expanding the death penalty for drug dealers, human traffickers, and child rapists.
—Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2008, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional when the child survives, the American Bar Journal reported Monday.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The image of the 72-year-old grandmother sitting straight-backed in a French courtroom as her 50 rapists were convicted today is as indelible as the facts of the Avignon trial are inexplicable.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapist. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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rapist
noun
rap·ist
ˈrā-pəst 
: an individual who commits rape
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