Sex Crime
Sex Offenders Can Move Close to Victims in Most States
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Most states don’t prohibit a sex offender like Harold Dwayne English to moving in next to one of his victims. It happened this year in Oklahoma.
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Swift Hopes Groping Verdict Will Inspire Other Victims
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Singer Taylor Swift hopes Denver jury’s symbolic $1 damage verdict will prompt other women to pursue allegations that they were sexually assaulted.
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Will DeVos Rewrite the Rules on Campus Sex Assault?
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Almost no one was happy with the Obama administration’s efforts to prod colleges and universities to more aggressively combat and investigate sexual assault on campus. Now, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may make the complaint process more burdensome for accusers.
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MN Cracks Down on Prostitution Before Super Bowl
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The big game isn’t until early next year, but police and nonprofits in Minnesota already are focusing on a sex-crime problem that always gets attention when the Super Bowl comes to town.
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American Airlines Joins Fight Against Sex Trafficking
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The airline becomes the latest and largest travel company that has pledged to step up efforts to protect victims of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. American will work with the nonprofit ECPAT-USA.
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How Seattle Police Busted a Tech-Savvy Sex Ring
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A police investigation uncovered a secretive network of male customers, many of whom worked in computer technology fields and were comfortable using those skills to arrange–and rate–sexual rendezvous. “The internet has greased the wheels on illegal sexual exploitation,” said one prosecutor.
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PA Court Bars Retroactive Sex Offender Registration
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The state supreme court said sex offenders convicted before a 2012 law was enacted cannot be compelled to adhere to registration protocols required under the law.
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DeVos Hints Policy Change on Campus Sex Assaults
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After meetings with stakeholders in the campus sexual assault debate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she wants to help both victims of assault and those who have been falsely accused of rape. It was a striking departure from the rhetoric of the Obama administration, which has focused primarily on survivors.
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DeVos Reviews Obama Policies on Campus Sex Cases
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is meeting in private today with women who say they were assaulted, accused students and their families, advocates for both sides and higher education officials. It is the first step in a contentious effort to re-examine policies of President Obama, who made expansive use of his powers to investigate the handling of sexual violence by universities and colleges.
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Plea Deal Could Avoid U.S. Charges in Gymnast Sex Case
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Dr. Larry Nassar, former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, is expected to plead guilty today to child porn charges. In return, federal authorities would not prosecute him for sexual exploitation of children.