Brigitte SottoNov 7, 20183 minCorruption in the Catholic ChurchThroughout the past few years, the Catholic Church has been exposed for covering up hundreds and hundreds of sexual assaults. Horror...
Lydia BoyerSep 27, 20185 minRethinking Rape in the CourtroomThe victim’s statement in the Stanford Rape Case made headlines in 2016 because the victim described what it was like to go through the...
Brigitte SottoApr 30, 20183 minEvidence That Shouldn’t Be Forgotten About: The Rape Kit Backlog in Our Country Has Become a SeriousImagine being told that your case is irrelevant. Imagine the evidence that could put your offender away is completely disregarded....
Stefanie SteinbergApr 23, 20184 minMuch Ado About Nothing: #MeToo Movement Falls Short on ProsecutionsFrom October 2017 to now we have seen a litany of high profile men brought before the court of public opinion: Harvey Weinstein, Roger...
Samantha FournierApr 22, 20183 minCritiques of FOSTA: Combating Sex Trafficking or Redirecting the Problem?On April 11, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017. The Bill...
Drew ClimoFeb 16, 20184 minProgress Slow for Prosecution of U.S. Politicians for Sexual Misconduct or AbuseRecently, we have seen a meteoric rise in sexual allegations against top tier members of American society from movie stars and producers...
Lisa SendrowFeb 4, 20186 minFemale Inmates, Too: Will They Benefit from the #MeToo Movement from Behind Bars?In January 2018, a guilty verdict was reached against a former prison guard from the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York. He was...
Apoorva DeshmukhApr 21, 20176 minThe Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) and Relevant State Statutes in Maryland, Virginia, anIn 2001, there were approximately 2,100,146 persons incarcerated throughout the United States, with 1,324,464 individuals in federal or...
Erin HaneyMar 1, 20172 minHuman Trafficking: Identifying and Prosecuting Traffickers.There might be a misconception that human trafficking is solely an international issue. But clearly human trafficking is an issue that...
Dolores SinistajFeb 14, 20175 minCalifornia Passes Mandatory Sentencing for RapeWhile 2016 was a year filled with many newsworthy stories in the criminal law world, the story of Stanford student, Brock Turner,...
Nathaniel WhiteselMar 17, 20163 minBill Cosby and the Secret (But Not-Binding) AgreementBill Cosby and his legal team probably are not very happy right now. It is certainly no secret that the once-cherished comedian has...
Travis NemmerNov 24, 20155 minDear Colleague - Balancing Victim Privacy and Due Process in Campus Sexual Assault CasesIn 2011, Xialou Yu known as “Peter” to his friends, a Chinese national, and a sophomore at Vassar University, went to a party, and lost...