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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 plead guilty to aggravated battery and receive two years’ probation.
Kansas Woman Alleging Dorm Rape Convenes Own Grand Jury After Weak Plea Deal
Madison Smith collected hundreds of signatures to empanel the grand jury after the county prosecutor declined to bring rape charges.
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
MISSION, Kan. (AP) 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 plead guilty to aggravated battery and receive two years’ probation.
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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 Smith during an interview in Lindsborg, Kan. Smith, who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying sexual assault in which she was repeatedly strangled, took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to file a sex-crime charge. The 22-year-old used a law that allows citizens to convene grand juries in cases where they believe prosecutors aren t pursuing wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth)