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Investigations

CORRUPT COPS: Planted Evidence, Coerced Confessions, and now, ‘Conviction-Oriented’ Investigations

Center for Prosecutor Integrity August 7, 2019 Police misconduct is a long-standing problem in our criminal justice system. Examples include fabrication of evidence, high-pressure interrogations, bribery, and more. Now there’s a new way to corrupt the process: Conviction-oriented investigations. AND IT’S BEING ACTIVELY PROMOTED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Ethics codes require investigators

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Former Va. governor Doug Wilder contests finding of sexual harassment investigation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/former-va-governor-doug-wilder-contests-finding-of-sexual-harassment-investigation/2019/07/23/9bd87cb2-ad5f-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?utm_term=.b281ddd0cefe Former Va. governor Doug Wilder contests finding of sexual harassment investigation Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder, outside the capitol in Richmond in 2015. (Timothy C. Wright for The Washington Post) By Jenna Portnoy July 23 Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder has formally contested the finding of an investigator hired by Virginia Commonwealth University

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Restraining Order

Return to Sanity? Nebraska Court of Appeals Reins in Restraining Order Abuse

SAVE July 30, 2019 It’s no secret that restraining orders are often issued with little or no evidence of abuse. The SAVE Special Report, The Use and Abuse of Domestic Restraining Orders, documents numerous examples of such frivolous orders: • Elaine Epstein, former president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, admitted, “Everyone knows that restraining orders

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False Allegations Start By Believing Wrongful Convictions

Brian Banks Saga Reveals the Flaws of a ‘Start By Believing’ Criminal Justice System

Renee Jolly July 30, 2019 What do you get when you have a false accusation, a start-by-believing investigative process, a broken and corrupt judicial system, and a lost dream to play in the NFL? You get Brian Banks, The movie and The man. You also get a story of thousands of others who have experienced

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Domestic Violence

PR: Recent Incidents Reveal Growing Problem of Domestic Violence among Females

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Recent Incidents Reveal Growing Problem of Domestic Violence among Females WASHINGTON / July 24, 2019 – Recent incidents highlight the growing problem of domestic violence and sexual assault instigated by females. Two of the incidents, reported last week, involve female professional basketball players. On July 16

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#MeToo Violence Against Women Act

How the #MeToo Movement is Trying to Weaponize the Violence Against Women Act

Coalition to End Domestic Violence Not too long ago, the Violence Against Women Act enjoyed strong bipartisan support. Every five years, senators Joe Biden of Delaware and Orrin Hatch of Utah collaborated in a fine display of bipartisan unity to urge their fellow lawmakers to reauthorize VAWA. That abruptly changed on February 12, 2013, when

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Ex-UMBC baseball players, part of national trend, turning tables on sexual assault accuser in court

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-baltimore-county-counter-claims-20190401-story.html?cid=db Ex-UMBC baseball players, part of national trend, turning tables on sexual assault accuser in court By CATHERINE RENTZ | THE BALTIMORE SUN | JUL 08, 2019 | 12:00 PM Three former UMBC baseball players have filed a defamation suit against a woman who accused them of sexual assault. (Jen Rynda / Baltimore Sun Media Group) Three former baseball players

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Discrimination Title IX Title IX Equity Project

PR: Federal Office for Civil Rights Launches Investigations of Title IX Discrimination Complaints by Male Students

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Federal Office for Civil Rights Launches Investigations of Title IX Discrimination Complaints by Male Students WASHINGTON / July 9, 2019 – Following hundreds of lawsuits by male students alleging disparate and unfair treatment by institutions of higher education (1), the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

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Senators Seek to Break Sexual Assault Impasse on Education Bill

https://www.bgov.com/core/news_articles/PTRJ3C6K50XT Senators Seek to Break Sexual Assault Impasse on Education Bill Bipartisan group looks to balance accuser, accused rights Congress, Education Department working separately By Emily Wilkins | June 27, 2019 11:02AM ET | Bloomberg Government A group of eight senators is working to tackle one of the most contentious issues in higher education—when

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Judge rips into University of Michigan for evasion, bad faith in accused student’s lawsuit

https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-rips-into-university-of-michigan-for-evasion-bad-faith-in-accused-students-lawsuit/ Judge rips into University of Michigan for evasion, bad faith in accused student’s lawsuit GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •JUNE 18, 2019 University’s lawyer doesn’t know what ‘cross-examination’ means The University of Michigan does not have a good history with Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow. That history got even worse on Monday. The federal