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Proof: DA defends decision not to prosecute alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case in 2024

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T00:20:03Z","headline":"DA defends decision not to prosecute alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case in 2024","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcnews","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/da-defends-decision-prosecute-alleged-cornell-gang-rape/story?id=136835936","v":1}

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SHA-256

20f534e07214d751d547767dd35835c70db71e2f60ce1ebe400fdba37c34b9c4

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969074, mined 2026-09-29 00:45 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-29 00:38 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 00:23 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-20f534e07214.json prints 20f534e07214d751d547767dd35835c70db71e2f60ce1ebe400fdba37c34b9c4. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-20f534e07214.json and headline-20f534e07214.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-20f534e07214.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 2 min after it was first seen.