Cry rape:  the true story of one woman's harrowing quest for justice by Bill Lueders

Patty was a legally blind single mother, sharing an apartment with her adult daughter, when an intruder held a knife to her neck and raped her.  She reported the rape to the Madison police, but was bullied into recanting her story, and was subsequently charged with obstruction of justice for filing a false report.  Lueders is a journalist who followed Patty's case through the courts.  It is a shocking, painful book to read, showing how in some cases the justice system abuses the very victims that should be helped.  --SB 

June 30, 2008