It went up last week. Here is the legal section:
In Lotto Fever For Sex Offenders In Massachusetts posted at Holly's Fight for Justice, we get a discussion of a sex offender who won $10 million and then got in trouble for not notifying Connecticut authorities that he moved out of state.
In Big AWA Decision in Oklahoma posted at Sex Crimes, we get a discussion of the decision in US v. Dowell which is the first completed hearing under the "sexually dangerous person" provisions of the Adam Walsh Act.
In Evidence And Ethics 4: Professor Orenstein's Special Issues Raised by Rape Trials posted at EvidenceProf Blog, we get a discussion about an article by Indiana University School of Law Professor Aviva Orenstein about ethical challenges in rape trials.
In Blaming Victims posted at Searching for Crabshells, we get a discussion about reactions to a case where 80 men groped 2 women and how automatic it is for people to view the victims as being the ones responsible and how surprising it can be when people don't fall into this trap. This goes beyond general attitudes and includes how families of those accused respond to the charges.
In Sheriff's Deputies Sexually Assault Woman On Camera posted at The Curvature, we get a discussion of the treatment of a crime victim which has resulted in a lawsuit filed by the victim against law enforcement.
In Warning: It’s Only Sexual Assault if He Succeeds in Getting a Blowjob posted at Menstrual Poetry, we get a discussion of the trial of Jackson County Commissioner Mike Brown who has been found not guilty of criminal sexual conduct at least in part because he did not succeed in his attempt to force the sexual contact he wanted.
In The Justice System Condones Sexual Assault Once Again posted at Feminists To The Rescue, we get another discussion of the trial of County Commissioner Mike Brown and how too many people dismiss admissions of force because the person charged doesn't fit stereotypes of who rapists are.
In In a rape culture, the man is never to blame posted at The Curvature, we get another take on the Mike Brown trial where attempted sexual assault gets turned into nothing more than bad judgment.
In UW Must Defend its Handling of Student Rape by Football Player posted at Title IX Blog, we get a discussion about the decision by the Washington State Court of Appeals which reinstated a Title IX case against the University of Washington over the handling of a rape case against a UW football player.
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