CLEVELAND, Ohio— The case of Chelsea Perkins, who was sentenced to prison for killing a man she accused of rape, has cast a spotlight on the profound trauma survivors experience when the justice system fails to act on their reports

Her story underscores a broader crisis of low clearance rates for sexual assault cases and a systemic lack of trust in law enforcement. These are the four takeaways from the original story from last week.

1. Perkins abused four times, including by man she later killed

Perkins’ case illustrates the extreme consequences of systemic failure. After being sexually abused four times throughout her life, including a 2017 rape accusation against Matthew Dunmire that resulted in no arrest. Perkins murdered him after luring him to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, wh

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