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In June 2016, a story published by News 4 KTLA about a rapist getting his penis cut off started to appear around social media and in our inbox. It had all the elements of a potentially viral story — dealing as it did with instant, satisfying, and permanent comeuppance for violently criminal behavior: News 4 KTLA, however, publishes only hoax and satire news (despite posing as a legitimate Los Angeles-area news outlet, KTLA), and this story contains no truth. Among articles the page has published is another revenge story about a woman cutting off her rapist's genitals and forcing him to eat them, and that Dasani-brand bottled water was being recalled because it harbored a clear parasite. The photographs of the anti-rape device are real — in a sense. They show the prototype of a device (called RapeX, and then later, Rape-aXe) that is supposed to shred the rapist's penis on entry, thereby preventing sexual assault, or at least curtailing rapes in progress: However, we've been unable to find any indication that it has ever been marketed to the public, despite much media coverage since 2003 when it was announced as going into production, and a web site that promises that production is six months away from being finalised.
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