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Congressional hearing spotlights Haskell’s alleged failure to support sexual assault survivors
Some members of the U.S. Congress during a hearing Tuesday focused on Haskell Indian Nations University’s alleged failures to respond to reports of sexual violence and support student survivors appropriately.
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Defense will put on its case in closely watched trial of KU professor accused of wire fraud
An FBI agent instrumental in the arrest of University of Kansas professor Feng “Franklin” Tao will be called as a defense witness next week as Tao’s lawyers seek to discredit the government’s handling of the case.
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‘Monster in the dark’ sentenced to 19 months probation following plea agreement
A man who was originally charged with raping his 17-year-old stepdaughter was sentenced on Friday to 19 months of probation after reaching a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office.
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Texas man to be tried for rape after alleged assault of KU student
A judge on Tuesday bound a 25-year-old Texas man over for trial on a charge of raping a woman while she was too intoxicated to give consent, but the man’s defense attorney questions whether investigators collected evidence effectively to support the case.
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‘Just bunk’: Kansas Supreme Court asks state to defend coroner’s theory in Eudora baby’s death
Kansas Supreme Court justices on Wednesday raised questions about a coroner’s theory that “depolarization” in an infant’s brain had caused instantaneous death at the hands of a child care provider.
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Kansas is on a path to make it easier to get your seized property back from police
Police can keep seized property “as long as necessary,” state statute says, if they believe it could be evidence in a trial. A proposed change to state law would require police to give items back.
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KU professor accused of fraud under China Initiative goes to criminal trial
The two and a half years since her husband, Franklin Tao, was arrested have been a waking nightmare for Hong Peng and the couple’s two children. Tao was the first person arrested under the China Initiative, the brainchild of President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice.
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Prosecutors move to seal document in rape case against ex-Lawrence police officer
Documents filed in the case of a former Lawrence police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty indicate that prosecutors are moving forward cautiously to protect both the woman and their case. Also, here’s how the man’s bond differs from most local sex crime cases.
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Survivors of child sex abuse call for elimination of Kansas statute of limitations
By the time Kim Bergman was able to come forward about her experiences, it was past the statute of limitations in Kansas to collect damages for childhood sexual abuse.
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Ex-Lawrence police officer charged in alleged on-duty rape, plus 24 other counts
A man accused of raping a 20-year-old woman while he was on duty as a Lawrence police officer was formally charged during a court appearance Tuesday afternoon.
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In Lawrence murder solicitation case, judge removes attorneys for prosecution and defense
A Douglas County judge on Friday removed both the prosecutor and defense attorney in the case of a man accused of seeking to kill a witness while awaiting trial for aggravated robbery.