ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, January 5, 1997 TAG: 9701060126
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
Woman, 37, gets 2 years in boy's rape
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A 37-year-old Maynard woman was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Friday for raping a 13-year-old boy.
Superior Court Judge Paul Chernoff sentenced Kathleen Kennedy, saying that the woman's gender did not merit leniency any more than it mandated a tougher sentence ``to enforce the politically correct view that gender is irrelevant in society.''
Kennedy pleaded guilty Dec. 27 to eight counts of rape of a minor and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a minor. The case evoked differing public opinions of the appropriate punishment.
Kennedy's attorney, George Murphy, said Kennedy's past as a spousal abuse victim, lack of a criminal record, and three children under age 8 at home cried out for probation, not prison. ``She's not a sexual predator,'' he said, noting that there was no allegation that she coerced the boy to engage in various acts of sexual misconduct.
- The Boston Globe
Birth control pill OK'd to treat acne
WASHINGTON - Women with acne may now be prescribed a birth control pill to help clear up their skin.
Ortho Pharmaceutical's Tri-Cyclen birth control pill may be prescribed as an acne treatment for girls and women at least 15 years old, the Food and Drug Administration decided last week.
The patient also must desire contraception, must have no health problem that prohibits pill use and must have tried other topical acne treatments that failed, the FDA said.
Some dermatologists long have considered certain birth control pills to have the added bonus of controlling hormone levels that contribute to acne. Ortho studied the question, and its FDA approval makes Tri-Cyclen the only contraceptive that can be advertised as an acne treatment.
- Associated Press
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