How reliable is electronic vigilante justice?

Hackers for the Anonymous group have brought more information into the public spotlight about the alleged Steubenville rapes, but journalists are having problems separating the electronic vigilante justice from evidence that would hold up in court.

Click on http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/199911/the-challenges-journalists-are-facing-while-covering-the-steubenville-ohio-rape/

for the entire article in Poynter.org.

In another story, in Slate:

Nearly one in five women are raped, according to government statistics. But about 6 percent of men are rapists. Repeat rapists account for the difference.

About 54 percent of rapes go unreported, again according to government statistics, although it’s not clear how you know about an unreported rape.

Two to 8 percent of rape reports are false, according to material developed by McDowell and Hibler (1987). But a person is named in the false rape reports a much lower percentage of the time.

Click on http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/01/08/the_enliven_project_s_false_rape_accusations_infographic_great_intentions.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

for the full Slate article.