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Crime and Justice News
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Is New Orleans Liable For Sexual Abuse Committed By One Of Its Police Officers?
The New Orleans Police Department was planning to arrest an officer hours before he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl, according to...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 20, 20242 min read
Milwaukee Woman Gets 11-Year Term For Killing Sex Trafficker
A Milwaukee woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing a man accused of sex trafficking her, drawing criticism from victim...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 16, 20242 min read
Ex-Cop’s 10 Jail Weekends For Child Rape Called 'Epitome of Injustice'
A prominent advocate for survivors of child sexual abuse described the sentencing of a former upstate New York police officer to 10...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 11, 20242 min read
Project Funds 'Soft' Police Interview Rooms For Sex Assault Victims
Tracy Matheson's mission for the past several years grew out of a parent’s worst nightmare. Molly Jane, Matheson’s 22-year-old daughter,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Post Investigation: 1,800 Law Enforcement Officers Have Been Charged With Child Sexual Abuse
Hundreds of law enforcement officers in the United States have sexually abused children over the past two decades, while officials at...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 5, 20241 min read
Louisiana Approves Surgical Castration For Child Sex Offenders
Louisiana lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that would expand judges’ powers to sentence people convicted of certain sex crimes against...
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Crime and Justice News
May 29, 20241 min read
Post Investigation Reveals Pervasive Sexual Abuse At Catholic-run Boarding Schools For Native American Children
Firsthand accounts and other evidence reveal the brutality and sexual abuse inflicted upon children who were taken from their families...
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Crime and Justice News
May 29, 20242 min read
Lawsuit Challenges NY Sex Offender Law
Under New York state law, thousands of people on the state sex-offender registry aren’’t allowed to step — let alone live or work —...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20241 min read
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Accused Of Sexual Assault By Another Woman In Lawsuit
A lawsuit was filed Thursday by a woman accusing music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting her after she met him...
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Crime and Justice News
May 2, 20241 min read
Law Enforcement Youth Explorers Program Has Faced Numerous Allegations Of Sexual Abuse
A law enforcement youth program created by the Boy Scouts of America has been the subject of nearly 200 complaints of grooming, sexual...
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Crime and Justice News
May 1, 20242 min read
Child Sex-Trafficking Inquiry Targets New Orleans Archdiocese
Louisiana state police recently served an unprecedented search warrant on the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, in an active...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 1, 20241 min read
Houston PD Seeks Sex Victims Whose Reports Were Buried
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner assembled a large team of officers to try and locate thousands of sexual violence victims whose incident...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 1, 20231 min read
'Not Built For Us': Sexual Assault Victim Decries Justice System
After Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it took them eight years and the growing #MeToo movement to go public and make a police report;...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 27, 20232 min read
3,000 Sex-Abuse Lawsuits Filed Before NY Deadline For Old Cases
In the year since a one-time window opened in New York State allowing people to file sex-abuse lawsuits even after the statute of...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20232 min read
2,500 Suits Filed Under NY's Expiring Adult Survivors Act
It was a law that gave voice to the victims of historical sexual assaults, and led to high-profile cases and settlements against...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Male Nanny Gets 707-Year Prison Term For Assaulting California Boys
A male nanny who advertised as a “manny” and worked for families across southern California before being convicted of sexually assaulting...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20231 min read
Arkansas Man Pardoned By Trump Accused Of Abusing Former Residents At His Youth Center.
Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man have filed a lawsuit claiming they were victims of...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 15, 20232 min read
Wray Highlights FBI Work With Local Police In Sextortion Cases
A teenager in a Michigan town killed himself after an online chat turned to demands that he pay money to keep intimate photos secret. He...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 6, 20231 min read
Ohio Human Trafficking Operation Lead to 160 Arrests
A statewide crackdown on a human trafficking operation in Ohio led to the arrest of 160 people, Scripps News reports. One of those...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 21, 20232 min read
Many Sex Assault Survivors Don't Know Where To Get Help
A sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE), Norah Lusk is trained to care for survivors of violence. SANEs conduct forensic exams, collect...
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