So what does all this tell us about justice? “All this” meaning the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell got 20 years on Tuesday and the next day, R. Kelly got 30. It was, make no mistake, an indisputably good thing to see those punishments handed down. And it’s hard to blame anyone who found ...
Victim, advocates didn’t stay quiet by Christine Ledbetter Quincy, the county seat of Adams County in downstate Illinois, is a quiet town. Here residents vote conservative, prize neighborliness and don’t raise voices. Controversy isn’t courted. But that changed when a ...
The Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center is a nonprofit agency that supports and collaborates with other local agencies to work as “the front-line responders in Monongalia County to reports of child sexual abuse and children who have experienced violence.” Monongalia County Child ...
The Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center (RDVIC) of Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties’ mission is to “provide a community-based comprehensive service that advocates for the equal rights of all individuals to have control of their lives without violence or threat of ...
RAINN.org DNA evidence from a crime like sexual assault can be collected from the crime scene, but it can also be collected from your body, clothes and other personal belongings. You may choose to have a sexual assault forensic exam, sometimes known as a rape kit, to preserve possible DNA ...
The West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory (WVSPFL) has been working to end the sexual assault kit backlog in the state for over half a decade. WVSPFL Director Sheri Lemons said the lab has been involved with the efforts to test all eligible sexual assault kits, including the ...