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Wrongful Convictions

$6.9M Award for Connecticut Man Cleared of 2 Rapes After More Than a Decade Behind Bars

$6.9M Award for Connecticut Man Cleared of 2 Rapes After More Than a Decade Behind Bars September 16, 2021 A central Connecticut man who spent 12 years in prison for two rapes—that now even the state says he didn’t commit—has been awarded $6.9 million, thanks to DNA testing that exonerated him. Plaintiffs counsel Rosemarie Paine […]

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Campus Title IX

ATIXA: Catherine Lhamon Senator Support Template Letter

ATIXA: Catherine Lhamon Senator Support Template Letter Download the word document template to customize and e/mail to your Senator now! [Insert Senator Name Here] [Insert Senator Office Name Here] [Insert Address Here] Dear [Insert Senator Name Here]: I write to express my support for Catherine Lhamon’s nomination to be Assistant Secretary for the Office for Civil […]

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Coercive Control Domestic Violence

What is Domestic Violence by Proxy?

What is Domestic Violence by Proxy? By Joan T. Kloth-Zanard September 12, 2021 Domestic Violence is the act of physically, psychologically or sexually using various methods, behaviors, comments and/or actions to coercively control another human being.  Coercive Controlling behaviors include but are not limited to any of the following.  (Taken from “Where Did I Go […]

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Campus Office for Civil Rights Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Continued Wave of Judicial Decisions Reveals Absurdity of Catherine Lhamon ‘Civil Rights’ Nomination

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Continued Wave of Judicial Decisions Reveals Absurdity of Catherine Lhamon ‘Civil Rights’ Nomination WASHINGTON / September 13, 2021 – Judges have handed down over 200 Title IX decisions against colleges and universities in recent years (1). Ironically, the civil rights abuses that led to these lawsuits occurred as […]

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Campus Title IX

Campus Officials at Growing Risk of Loss of Qualified Immunity

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Campus Officials at Growing Risk of Loss of Qualified Immunity WASHINGTON / September 9, 2021 – Since 1982, employees of public institutions have been shielded from lawsuits by the doctrine of qualified immunity (1). Recent legal decisions reveal that courts now are rethinking the doctrine, both in the […]

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Campus Title IX

ATIXA Refers to SAVE Press Release as ‘Crap’ and Using ‘Scare Tactics’

ATIXA Refers to SAVE Press Release as ‘Crap’ and Using ‘Scare Tactics’ SAVE September 4, 2021 On September 1, SAVE issued a press release criticizing Brett Sokolow’s statement about cross-examination: https://www.saveservices.org/2021/09/title-ix-officials-who-undermine-due-process-place-themselves-at-risk-of-loss-of-qualified-immunity/ As a service to the SAVE readership, we providing a copy of the press release, as well as the ATIXA response, below. We invite […]

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Campus Due Process Title IX

Title IX Officials Who Undermine Due Process Place Themselves at Risk of Loss of Qualified Immunity

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Title IX Officials Who Undermine Due Process Place Themselves at Risk of Loss of Qualified Immunity WASHINGTON / September 1, 2021 – A recent decision from the District Court of Massachusetts highlights a growing trend of judges to disallow qualified immunity defenses in Title IX lawsuits. The decision […]

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Campus Department of Education Due Process Title IX

32 Judicial Decisions Have Upheld Cross-Examination in Title IX Cases 

  32 Judicial Decisions Have Upheld Cross-Examination in Title IX Cases  SAVE August 31, 2021 American jurisprudence has long recognized the truth of  John H. Wigmore’s assertion that cross examination is “the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.” For these reasons, the 2020 Amendments to the Title IX regulation state: “…cross-examination […]

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Campus Discrimination Sexual Assault Title IX

PR: Slow Learner? Grinnell College Continues Pattern of Title IX Sex Discrimination, Gets Schooled by Circuit Court Judge

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Slow Learner? Grinnell College Continues Pattern of Title IX Sex Discrimination, Gets Schooled by Circuit Court Judge WASHINGTON / August 26, 2021 – Circuit Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger handed down a Title IX ruling against Grinnell College on Monday, denying the college’s motion for summary judgment on […]

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

PR: TNG Commentary Illogically Dismisses Cross-Examination, Placing Universities at Liability Risk

PRESS RELEASE Rebecca Stewart: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org TNG Commentary Illogically Dismisses Cross-Examination, Placing Universities at Liability Risk WASHINGTON / August 24, 2021 – A recent commentary by the TNG Consulting group over-reaches in its analysis of the recent Victim Rights Law Center v. Cardona decision, dismisses the key role of cross-examination, and invites a new […]