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American Bar Association must reject guilty-until-proven-innocent affirmative consent resolution

https://www.thefire.org/american-bar-association-must-reject-guilty-until-proven-innocent-affirmative-consent-resolution/ American Bar Association must reject guilty-until-proven-innocent affirmative consent resolution by Samantha Harris August 5, 2019 In just a few days, the American Bar Association will consider whether to adopt a resolution urging state legislatures to adopt a criminal-law definition of consent similar to the “affirmative consent” standard increasingly popular on college campuses. Given the ABA’s reputation

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ABA Resolves You’re Guilty of Rape

https://blog.simplejustice.us/2019/08/04/aba-resolves-youre-guilty-of-rape/ ABA Resolves You’re Guilty of Rape It was only a few years ago when the woke at the American Law institute tried their darndest to change the model penal code to make every defendant a rapist if someone said so. Sure, it’s ironic as the cognitive-dissonance-impaired scholars railed against mass incarceration, for decriminalization

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Appeals court rebukes Purdue for hiding evidence from accused student, likely anti-male bias

https://www.thecollegefix.com/appeals-court-rebukes-purdue-for-hiding-evidence-from-accused-student-likely-anti-male-bias/ Appeals court rebukes Purdue for hiding evidence from accused student, likely anti-male bias ALEXANDER PEASE – UMASS BOSTON •JULY 2, 2019 ‘Alcohol isn’t the cause of campus sexual assault. Men are’ Purdue University didn’t bother reviewing an investigative report before judging an accused student responsible for sexually assaulting another student. It didn’t show him the