Federal Agency Exaggerated Rise In Teen Girls Forced To Have Sex
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month that a survey showed that 14% of teenage girls have been forced to have...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 7, 20232 min read
TN Outsources Testing Of 550 Rape Kits To FL Lab To Speed Processing
Through a $1.5 million federal grant, Tennessee is outsourcing the testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab in a move...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 16, 20232 min read
DOJ Declines to Pursue Gaetz Prosecution
The Justice Department ended its sex-trafficking investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) without filing any charges, his attorneys...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 16, 20232 min read
TikTok Looms as Growing Child-Exploitation Threat
The social media giant TikTok has emerged as the biggest, fastest-growing danger zone for children who are targeted by adult predators...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Biden Names Albany Judge To Head U.S. Sex Offender Tracking Agency
President Biden has appointed Judge Helena Heath of Albany, N.Y., as Director of the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Sex Offender...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 25, 20232 min read
Doctor Who Molested NYC Patients Convicted On Federal Sex Counts
A gynecologist accused of molesting hundreds of patients during a decades-long career was convicted of federal sex crime charges Tuesday...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Appeals Court Seems Keen to Strike Down Parts of Sex Trafficking Law
A federal appeals court panel appears likely to strike down part of a law Congress overwhelmingly passed in 2018 to crack down on online...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 23, 20222 min read
New Zealand Case Shows Worldwide Growth Of Internet Child Porn
The video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter discovered in New Zealand in 2016 triggered a global search including the FBI, the U.S....
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20221 min read
FBI Alert Warns Of Increase In 'Financial Sexploitation' of Children
Several federal agencies warned of a significant uptick in cases of “financial sexploitation” of children and teens, a cybercrime in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Harvey Weinstein Convicted Of Three More Sex Counts In L.A.
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of three counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles and acquitted of another....
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Former FL Tax Collector Tied to Rep. Gaetz Gets 11-Year Term
Joel Greenberg, the former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal probe of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been sentenced to...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Biden Strengthens U.S. Response To Sex Violence In Conflict Zones
President Biden is signing a memorandum Monday directing U.S. agencies to strengthen their response to sexual violence in conflict zones,...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Epstein Sex Trafficking Victims Sue Banks For Enabling His Abuse
Women who accused the late Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse have sued Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co., arguing the banks enabled...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20222 min read
New NY Law Allows Sex Assault Victim Suits Over Abuse Years Ago
A new New York law allowing sexual assault victims to sue over long-ago abuse will be in effect starting Thursday, reports the Associated...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Ex-KS Police Detective Indicted For Sex Assaults On Teen Girls
A former police detective in Kansas City, Ks. faces federal charges of conspiring with local drug dealers to force underage girls into...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20222 min read
NYPD Criticized For Not Quickly Arresting Repeat Sex Offender
Before dawn in March, a man on a bicycle rode up behind a woman running on a path alongside the Hudson River in New York City, tackled...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 9, 20221 min read
Epstein Victim Retracts Sex Abuse Claim Against Alan Dershowitz
Virginia Guiffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse victims, settled a defamation lawsuit with famed defense attorney Alan...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 3, 20222 min read
LAPD Captain Helped CBS' Moonves Cover Up Sex Assault Allegation
A Los Angeles police captain tipped off former CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves after a woman filed a confidential criminal sexual...
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By Kathryn Tapp
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Do New Laws On 'Revenge Porn' Serve The Needs Of All Victims?
Sweeping reform in the last decade criminalized the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images (NCDII), better known as “revenge...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Former UCLA Gynecologist Found Guilty in Sex Abuse Case
Dr. James Heaps, a former gynecologist at the University of California Los Angeles, was found guilty Thursday of five counts of sexually...
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