TAMPA — She is on four medications to help her sleep. She tries to nap during the day so she can stay awake at night and avoid the nightmares. She was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and has considered suicide after the cold day in January 2013 when she was raped by a cabdriver she let into her house to charge his cellphone. “I spent close to two weeks where I didn’t leave my house,” the woman said. The Tribune is not naming her because of the nature of the offense. Nearly three years later, the 54-year-old mother of three and grandmother to 10 says she also is a victim of a judicial system that is punishing her while allowing her attacker to go...
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