When the system failed Danielle Hicks-Best
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When she was 11, Danielle Hicks-Best reported being raped — twice within weeks. But then she was the one who was arrested.
Danielle Hicks-Best, 18, was raped in Washington for the first time when she was 11 and again a few weeks later. Neither case was prosecuted, and, in the second case, she was charged with filing a false report and convicted. She spent years in and out of detention and treatment centers. Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post
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For years, her parents urged police to charge the suspects and sought an explanation for her treatment.
This year, scientists have recorded and observed galactic interactions, atmospheric phenomena and the first images of a black hole.