After Marte Deborah Dalelv, 24, was raped, she went to the Dubai police, who, instead of searching for the perpetrator, sentenced the young Norwegian to 16 months in prison for having sex outside of marriage. The sentence sparked widespread outrage in the West, and Dubai has reconsidered. It is unclear whether the rapist, a Sudanese 33-year-old, will serve all 13 months of his sentence. [ABC]
Nada al-Ahdal, a Yemeni, has posted this heart-wrenching video online threatening to kill herself if she is married off at 11 years old. She says that many other children have hurled themselves into the sea to avoid marriage and says she will do the same. In Yemen, over a quarter of all women are married before fifteen years old. [DailyMail/YouTube]
Three female bodies were found in plastic bags in an Ohio suburb. The suspect, a 33-year-old registered sex offender, has been taken into custody. Authorities say he might have been inspired by notorious Cleveland rapist and convicted serial killer, Anthony Sowell, whose home is pictured above. Stay away from Cleveland. [HuffingtonPost]
