Articles for Sexual Assault Victims

Coast Guard Academy official resigns, says she was directed to lie to Congress as part of ‘cruel’ sexual assault cover-up
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Coast Guard Academy official resigns, says she was directed to lie to Congress as part of ‘cruel’ sexual assault cover-up

CNN  

CNN — A US Coast Guard Academy official says top leaders directed her to lie to sexual assault victims and Congress, making her an unwitting accomplice in a cover-up of decades of abuse. “I can no longer in good conscience be part of an organization that would betray me, betray victims of sexual assault, and betray the system I helped …

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Iowa attorney general will resume emergency contraception funding for rape victims
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa attorney general will resume emergency contraception funding for rape victims

The Independent  

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It may shock you, but this prosecutor - who spent her life fighting for the victims of sex crimes - argues P. Diddy, Eric Adams and Steven Tyler could NEVER get fair trials on accusations stretching b
1 year ago

It may shock you, but this prosecutor - who spent her life fighting for the victims of sex crimes - argues P. Diddy, Eric Adams and Steven Tyler could NEVER get fair trials on accusations stretching b

Daily Mail  

Francey Hakes is a former federal prosecutor and the Justice Department's first National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction Mayors, actors, rappers and rockstars - the headlines are full of well-known men publicly accused of horrific allegations of sexual assault and even rape. That's because New York law requires sexual assault cases be brought within three years of the …

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Madras High Court moves to treat sexual assault victims and accused with dignity
1 year, 3 months ago

Madras High Court moves to treat sexual assault victims and accused with dignity

The Hindu  

“Language is considered critical to the life of law. Taking its cue from it, the Madras High Court has embarked on an exercise to sensitise the police, government doctors and trial courts to the need to avoid findings such as the victim in a sexual assault case being a virgin or not and the hymen being intact or not in …

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TV producer Eric Weinberg arrested, accused of sexual assault on multiple women
2 years, 5 months ago

TV producer Eric Weinberg arrested, accused of sexual assault on multiple women

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday arrested Hollywood producer Eric Weinberg, alleging assaults on women stretching over seven years. Weinberg, best known as co-executive producer of the TV show “Scrubs,” was taken into custody about noon at his Los Feliz home and booked into jail for “several sexual assaults including rape,” police said. The crimes stretched from 2012 to …

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DA: San Francisco police used rape kit DNA to arrest victim
2 years, 10 months ago

DA: San Francisco police used rape kit DNA to arrest victim

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s police chief said Monday that he is investigating claims by the city’s district attorney that DNA collected from rape victims is being used to help identify them as possible suspects in crimes. The police crime lab “attempts to identify crime suspects” by searching a law enforcement database that includes DNA collected from sexual assault victims, …

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