Page 33 - Madison Smith News Today

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Kansas woman alleging dorm rape convenes own grand jury A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying sexual assault took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to file a rape charge By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press May 25, 2021, 3:45 AM • 5 min read The Associated Press This Thursday, May 20, 2021, image from video shows Madison...

Kansas woman calls citizen grand jury in McPherson County to prosecute sexual assault

Kansas woman alleging dorm rape convenes own grand jury A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying sexual assault took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to file a rape charge 7 hours ago|United States Attorney refused to bring rape charges as she couldn’t say ‘stop’ 5 days ago|London, United Kingdom Rape survivor calls grand jury to hear sexual assault case A rape survivor in Kansas is taking the law into he...

); b.push("");for(var c=0;c "),b.push(a[c]),b.push(""+"script".toString()+">");b.push("");b.push("

WARNING: Details in this story may be disturbing to some A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying assault took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to bring rape charges. She called a citizen grand jury, relying on a 134-year-old state law. Madison Smith, 22, collected the hundreds of signatures necessary to empanel the grand jury after the county prosecutor resolved the case by allowing Jared Stolzenburg to plea...

MISSION, Kan. — A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying sexual assault took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to file a rape charge. She called a citizen grand jury, relying on a 134-year-old state law. Twenty-two-year-old Madison Smith collected hundreds of signatures to call the grand jury to bring more serious charges against Jared Stolzenburg, her classmate at Bethany College in Lindsborg. He had pleaded ...

Woman Convenes Her Own Grand Jury After Sexual Assault Charges Against Accused Are Denied On 5/25/21 at 1:56 PM EDT A 22-year-old Kansas college student took matters into her own hands, calling a grand jury after the district attorney refused to press sexual assault charges against her classmate whom she alleges raped her, saying she felt the district attorney did not listen to her. "My biggest thing is that I wish that when the attorneys and district attorneys and prosecutors and whoevers pros...

Criminal Justice After prosecutor declines to bring rape charge, accuser uses unusual law to convene her own grand jury   Image from Shutterstock. A Kansas woman is taking matters into her own hands after she was unable to persuade a prosecutor to bring a rape charge against the man she accused of strangling and slapping her during sex. Madison Smith, 22, is convening a citizen grand jury to consider a rape charge, report the Washington Post and the McPherson Sentinel. Smith is relying on a Ka...

Kansas is among six states with century-old laws allowing citizens to pursue indictments on their own.

College student, 22, convenes her OWN grand jury using an 1887 Kansas frontier law after prosecutor refused to bring charges against classmate she accused of rape Madison Smith, 22, accused Jared Stolzenberg of raping her in his dorm room at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, in February 2018  She said they were initially having consensual sex before Stolzenburg started slapping and strangling her  McPherson County Attorney Gregory Benefiel refused to bring rape charges  Benefiel said it ...