by PERL | 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 PERL | 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 PERL | 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...
by PERL | Jan 16, 2016 | News
Memphis Says No More’s token victim, Whitney Wood, said “no more” to the campaign after learning it was a publicity stunt for the city. After three years, Whitney’s ex-husband was finally prosecuted for aggravated assault. She believes the...
by PERL | Oct 1, 2015 | News
The woman’s lawsuit alleges that when she tried to report her rape, two NYPD Special Victims Unit officers forced her to drink with them and then one sexually assaulted her. PERL’s executive director Meaghan Ybos commended the victim’s legal action....
