Silencing Mary
Silencing Mary, also released as Campus Justice, is a 1998 television film directed by Craig R. Baxley. The film was made to warn people about rape and popular teen actress Melissa Joan Hart was cast in the lead to draw a young audience.
Holly tries to forget what happened, but Mary is determined that justice is served. She goes to the police, but they cant help her because the university system found Clay innocent. She discovers that last year, there were twentysix reports of rapes, but only two of them resulted in charges. The mild university system frustrates Mary, and she thinks that Clay is especially treated softly because he is an important quarterback. She confronts him, but he states that Holly wanted to sleep with him and that he turned her down. She soon starts writing an article about the rape, but one of the student reports finds it and shows it to Clay. Not much later she is first attacked by a group of men waring balaclavas. She is convinced Clay is responsible, but they all have alibis.Meanwhile, Holly starts receiving threat letters and she is almost going over the edge. Mary decides to quit the investigation, but she soon starts to feel as if she has failed. Her parents suggest her to apply for another university, offering their retirement money. Mary refuses, however, explaining she cant leave everything behind. It doesnt take long for Mary to start reporting again and from there on, the threats start coming again. This time Marys boyfriend David is the victim, getting hard treatment from his fellow basketball players. Meanwhile, Mary angers the dean by printing an article in which she reveals that most rape reports last year didnt result into charges. As a response, her car is dumped at a nearby lake. ........
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