Woman refuses to obey judge who banned her from saying "rape" in trial
8:22 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Lincoln, Neb. — In a case that's getting national attention, the Nebraska Supreme Court may have to decide if a woman can use the word "rape" in her alleged attacker's trial.
A Lancaster County district court judge told her she can't use it.
"I refuse to call it sex, or any other word that I'm supposed to say, encouraged to say on the stand, because to me that's committing perjury. What happened to me was rape, it was not sex," said Tory Bowen of Nebraska.
So now, while trying to fight the pain of her attack, she also has to fight the judicial system.
Bowen has brought in her own attorney from Boston to fight the judge's order, and she says that she's willing to go to jail for ignoring it.
Prosecutors say Pamir Safi raped Bowen who was then a student at the University of Nebraska.
Meanwhile jury selection has been going on for two days.
Many potential jurors have been disqualified because they already know all about the case.
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