Must Watch From Laura Dunn: It's Time For The Law To Protect Victims Of Gender Violence
TED Fellow Laura L. Dunn advocates for survivors of campus sexual violence through effective legal assistance, policy advocacy, and institutional training.Sexual Assault Survivor Jailed With Her Attacker Out Of Fear She Wouldn't Testify
Many things were done wrong to the woman near the end of her short life. Once, when she was 27 and living homeless in Edmonton, she was dragged screaming into a man’s apartment, held down, had her clothes ripped off, then was choked, stabbed and violated. The...Attorney Arrested For Offering Rape Survivor $3K To Not Testify, Saying Trump Will Deport Her
A Baltimore defense attorney was arraigned Wednesday on charges of obstruction of justice and witness intimidation for allegedly trying to dissuade a rape survivor from testifying against his client by telling her she risked deportation by the Trump administration. In...Report: DHS ONLY Investigates 1% Of Sexual Assaults In Immigration Detention Centers
Thirty-six men shared Douglas Menjivar’s pod inside Joe Corley Detention Facility in Conroe, where he was locked up with other immigrants waiting for courts to review his asylum claim. The burly mechanic had been in Corley about three months when he says he was...Rape Survivors Will Go To Jail If They Refuse To Testify In Louisiana
Survivors of sexual assault are often in shock or suffering from trauma, but one Louisiana District Attorney couldn’t possibly care less if it leads to a conviction. Democrat Leon Cannizzaro explained to WWL radio that sometimes a crime victim needs to be put in jail...