NEWS
February 21, 2013
Unleashing your sociological imagination is a must! In the days of social media, consumers are bombarded by media images and sound bites that become the "reality" of those who relish in having others think for them. The recent announcement by Johns Hopkins Medical System that a former employee was found dead the result of an apparent suicide made its way through the news feeds as top-of-the-hour headlines ("Doctor is found dead amid taping inquiry," Feb. 19). At face value, it appears that Dr. Nikita A. Levy, an obstetrician and gynecologist, took unauthorized photos and videos of his patients.
NEWS
April 7, 2010
I agree that the General Assembly should pass the bill to protect those falsely accused of domestic violence ("Bill would shield those falsely accused of domestic violence," April 7). First of all, it allows the wrongly accused to go on with their lives and not live in shame when they didn't do anything wrong in the first place. Second of all, the wrongly accused don't always want everything that happens to them to be open for the world to see. Finally, those who were wrongly accused can move on with their lives, but the true victims of domestic violence can get the help that they need from others.
NEWS
By Annie Linskey | annie.linskey@baltsun.com | April 7, 2010
Marylanders might soon be able to erase from the public record any evidence that they were falsely accused of domestic violence. A bill moving rapidly through the General Assembly would still allow victims' rights groups to view such information, a nuance that allowed the measure to pass without opposition in the House of Delegates. It is set for a Senate hearing today. "The bill allows us to continue to help victims," said Lisae C. Jordan of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
NEWS
By Julie Bykowicz and Julie Bykowicz,julie.bykowicz@baltsun.com | March 13, 2009
Even victims advocates acknowledged, by the end of a Senate hearing yesterday, that people falsely accused of domestic violence should be able to erase their public court records. "Everyone's agreeing this is a problem," said Lisae C. Jordan of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. The question is what to do about it, they said. Senators took up the contentious issue of how to expunge the records of protective orders that are denied for lack of evidence or because the accuser fails to come to court.
SPORTS
By DAVID STEELE | December 30, 2007
Nobody's glasses are rose-colored enough to make 2007 look like anything but a horrific year in sports. It would be tough, in fact, to find a year in anybody's memory that was worse than this one. Apologies to fans of the Red Sox, the Spurs, the Colts, Florida, Appalachian State, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. If only those successes could blot out the failures - not just on the field, but in basic integrity and decency. This year goes into history as one of dishonesty, deceit and despair.
NEWS
October 22, 2007
Clothesline Project gives victims a voice Glenn Sacks' column "`UM right to deny protesters a forum to publicly name alleged rapists" (Opinion * Commentary, Oct. 15) contained misinformation about the Clothesline Project and failed to accurately portray the reality of sexual assault survivors who report the crimes against them. The Clothesline Project is not, as Mr. Sacks suggests, a project that encourages women "to rage at the patriarchy" and therefore unintentionally encourages "young women to make spurious accusations."