by Enforce Rape Laws | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
This past weekend, February 22-24, the eighth annual GiveCamp Memphis event was held at the Fedex Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis. “GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers and database...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Dec 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Melissa Gira Grant Source: In Justice Today November 21, 2017 The Memphis Police Department failed to discipline detectives who routinely left rape kits untested, former Memphis Police Lieutenant Cody Wilkerson testified on November 8. Memphis police detectives...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Nov 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Marc Perrusquia Source: Commercial Appeal July 20, 2014 It was still dark when the call came to 911 that chilly morning late last fall. The caller, a 38-year-old Bartlett woman, told a bizarre story: She’d gone to a man’s East Memphis home, had a drink, passed out...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Nov 9, 2017 | News
By Marc Perrusquia Source: Commercial Appeal November 8, 2017 A retired police lieutenant pulled no punches Wednesday while testifying that Memphis Police Department supervisors condoned widespread neglect and incompetence in sex crimes investigations. Among...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Nov 4, 2017 | News
By Meaghan Ybos Source: In Justice Today November 3, 2017 Nearly 70 victims of domestic violence and rape in Memphis are wearing GPS devices thanks to the city’s Sexual Assault Kit Taskforce, according to its monthly progress report published in October. The taskforce...