At 3:00 pm EST on April 18, 2016, the winners of the 100th Pulitzer Prize were announced at Columbia University in the United States. Compared with other people's admiration for the award-winning works, Yuzu admires more and worships more. It is the people behind these award-winning works, the things behind them, the efforts behind them, and the news ideals behind them.
Interpretive Reporting Award "An Incredible Rape Story" The Marshall Project, Pro Publican This is an online news story about a young girl who is accused of rape after being reported to the police. In March 2009, 18-year-old Mary was taken to court and faced a year in prison for "making up" a rape story. One day six months ago, Mary called the police, claiming she had been raped. After an investigation, the police believed that Mary, who had a tragic childhood, might just want to "get the attention of others." The police pressured her to lose her housing allowance, and asked Mary to write a text without a lawyer to admit that she was in this matter. lied. Under the high pressure, Mary once thought she had just had a "dream of being raped", but this dream was too real. In the end, a week after reporting the case, Mary admitted she had "made up" the story and stood in the court dock, charged with "false accusations". In 2011, a serial rapist was arrested in Colorado, among a string of victims he confessed to, including Mary. From the victim to the dock, in the past two years, Mary was regarded as a liar by the people around her, lost the trust of her foster family and friends, lost her job, and suffered great mental pressure. When the perpetrator was arrested and the case closed, she only received a refund of $500 in court fees from the government. At the end of the report, she was asked if she regretted calling the police. Mary said that she has no regrets, she hopes to be an honest person, hope to remember everything that happened, and hope that she can help the police solve the case, "In this way, no one else will be hurt, and they can solve the case and find Those who have hurt me."  The Pulitzer jury commented that this group of news exposed the long-term failure of law enforcement in rape investigations and the neglect of victims' harm. I wonder how things will change after this news is awarded the Pulitzer Prize? But it is foreseeable that such a tragedy will not happen again in the future. For this article, I want to pay tribute not only to the reporter, but also to the client, Mary, because she is also a person with real journalistic ideals. I am willing to expose this incident, and I am willing to use the power of news to disclose the darkness and save people like myself.
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