Sex Crime
Is Truck Driver a Serial Rapist Or a Falsely Accused Suspect?
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A Memphis man has been linked to rapes of 11 women in four states over more than a decade. A jury acquitted him, but he is in jail awaiting another trial.
Sex Crime
States Allow Sex-Trafficking Victims to Erase Records
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Some 42 states and the District of Columbia have followed New York’s lead and offered the sealing or expungement of sex-trafficking victims’ criminal records.
Sex Crime
Is a Registry for Juvenile Sex Offenders a Form of ‘Child Abuse’?
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Thomas Arrowhead, now 38, was found guilty of a sodomy charge when he was 12 years old. But because he committed the offense before a 2014 Oregon law that allowed judges discretion in requiring juveniles to register as sex offenders, he will likely have to live with the label for the rest of his life.
Sex Crime
Spacey Appears in Nantucket Court on Sex Charge
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A judge denied actor Kevin Spacey’s request not to be required to appear in court Monday in Nantucket, Ma., on a charge that he sexually assaulted a teenage man in 2016. Spacey complained about “negative publicity” about the case.
Sex Crime
#MeToo Cited in NYC Rape-Report Increase
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While other violent crimes in New York City like murder and assault decreased or remained relatively flat, reported rapes increased 22.4 percent to 1,795 in 2018, up from 1,467 from 2017. “Historic underreporting is finally being addressed,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Sex Crime
Austin Cops Wrongly Cleared Sex Cases, Audit Says
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An independent audit found evidence that Austin police investigators improperly classified some sexual assault cases as cleared, including more than two dozen cases in three months of 2017.
Sex Crime
Has MO Police Agency Improved on Rapes Since CNN Report?
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Cable News Network aired a critical report on the Springfield, Mo., police department’s handling of rape cases. Police say they have improved but some victims dispute that.
Sex Crime
Texas Fund for Testing Rape Kits Goes Largely Unused
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With an estimated 15,000-case backlog of untested rape kits, Texas lawmakers created a fund to pay for the tests using donations people can make when they renew their driver’s license. But only one jurisdiction bothered to apply for a share of the money.
Sex Crime
Despite #MeToo, Rape Cases Still Confound the Police
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The clearance rate for rape cases fell last year to 32 percent, the lowest point since at least the 1960s, according to FBI data. Some experts attribute the falling clearance rate to an antiquated approach to investigation.
Policy & Politics
Violence Against Women Act Expires For Now
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The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expired at midnight Friday as the government partially shut down, temporarily cutting off funding for programs that help victims of sexual assault, domestic abuse and stalking. Grants already awarded should not be affected.