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New Hampshire Rape Trial Exposes Alleged 'Hook-Up' Tradition

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Published August 27, 2015 at 1:40 PM EDT

Owen Labrie looks around the courtroom during his trial, in Merrimack County Superior Court, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in Concord, N.H. (Jim Cole/AP)

A former student at St. Paul’s School, an elite New Hampshire prep school, is on trial for allegedly raping a freshman girl two days before graduation in 2014. The alleged assault is suspected to be part of a longstanding hook-up tradition at the Concord, New Hampshire, boarding school. Paige Sutherland from Here & Now contributor New Hampshire Public Radio reports.

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Paige Sutherland, reporter for New Hampshire Public Radio. She tweets @psutherlandNHPR.