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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.
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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.
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KU basketball player Arterio Morris has been charged with rape and dismissed from the team.
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After jurors last week could not reach a verdict, a Douglas County judge has scheduled a new trial date for a Lawrence man accused of raping an unconscious KU student in 2018.
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A Douglas County jury on Wednesday could not reach a verdict in the case of a Lawrence man who was charged with raping a University of Kansas freshman during her first week on campus in 2018.
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A Douglas County judge ruled Friday that all four men accused of raping an intoxicated woman and posting videos of the incident to social media will face a jury trial. The judge said just because the woman has done sex work doesn’t mean people can violate her.
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A Douglas County jury has found Thomas J. Cormier, 22, not guilty of a 2021 rape. The case required jurors to weigh what is needed to establish — or more importantly, to revoke — consent.
