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Advocates who are pushing for the governor to commute the sentence of a woman who killed her rapist in Lawrence 10 years ago will soon hold information sessions for the public.
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The Douglas County district attorney’s office has dismissed a rape charge against a former University of Kansas basketball player.
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A Lawrence man was sentenced Friday to two years of probation in connection with a woman’s report that he had raped her in 2018 after a party ahead of her freshman year at KU.
Andrea Albright / The Lawrence Times
A Lawrence man who agreed to plead no contest to charges of aggravated battery and sexual battery was sentenced to time served Thursday after spending more than 4 1/2 years in jail awaiting trial, but the case may not yet be over.
After 10 years of representing a global movement empowering voices of sexual assault survivors, the “What Were You Wearing?” art installation will be hosted at KU in April.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU distinguished professor Sarah Deer conducted a review of more than 200 tribal laws pertaining to sexual assault. What she found did not make her happy.
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A Douglas County judge must decide whether to believe Albert Wilson, who says he was wrongly convicted and should be compensated, or the woman who says Wilson raped her when she was 17.
Blaise Mesa / Kansas News Service
Protection from abuse orders are a civil process, which means someone is not guaranteed a lawyer. Survivors who often have little legal expertise need to act as their own lawyer.
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse who successfully advocated for legislative action earlier this year says new crime statistics show more work is needed to protect Kansas children from predators.
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A 26-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation following his plea in a 2019 rape in Baldwin City.
