by PERL | 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 PERL | 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...
by PERL | Nov 3, 2017 | News
By Thomas J. Eckert Source: BeingLibertarian.com October 21, 2017 It seems like not a week goes by anymore without an outcry for change in one area or another. Always followed inevitably with a catchy hashtag going viral throughout social media, giving off the...
by PERL | Oct 6, 2017 | News
By Marc Perrusquia Source: The Commercial Appeal October 6, 2017 When Marcus Deshun Gibson was booked last March on an aggravated rape charge, his situation looked as foreboding as the razor wire topping the Shelby County Jail that held him. But Gibson had an inside...
by PERL | Jul 26, 2017 | News
By Ryan Poe Source: The Commercial Appeal July 24, 2017 Hours after an off-duty Shelby County sheriff’s deputy was wounded Monday in Downtown Memphis, local law enforcement officials and prosecutors announced they will seek maximum sentences for gun violence as...
by PERL | May 31, 2017 | News
Press conference today at 9:15 AM at 125 N. Main St. Memphis, Tennessee — May 31, 2017 — The Memphis-based advocacy group People for the Enforcement of Rape Laws (PERL) calls on Mayor Strickland to improve rape policing and remove himself from the...
