by Enforce Rape Laws | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
You’ve probably seen the rape kit “backlog” in the news. But the “backlog” doesn’t tell the whole story. Police undercount reported rapes using difficult-to-detect methods. This leads to “paper” reductions in crime,...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we will be taking an EXTRA CLOSE look this month at the media and advocacy surrounding untested rape kits. We believe it’s important to fact-check the “backlog” because the chronic failure of police to...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Suspects say charges based on long-ignored rape evidence violate their due process rights. A man charged nearly 14 years after a woman reported she was raped will be able to have a fair trial, a Shelby County prosecutor argued Thursday. The Tennessee Supreme Court has...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Feb 16, 2016 | News
PERL works from the assumption that rape should be illegal — in theory and in practice. We also believe that rape is rape — on campus or off. We oppose the expansion of Title IX to grant schools judicial powers over sexual assault cases, a process that...
by Enforce Rape Laws | Feb 10, 2016 | News
A lawsuit has been filed against the Yupiit School District, four Akiachak school supervisors and an Alaska State Trooper official for allegedly showing “deliberate indifference” when a former school teacher was sexually assaulted and continuously harassed during her...
