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Highlighting NO MORE Day in the Media
As you likely know, Wednesday marked the public launch of NO MORE, a national movement to end domestic violence and sexual assault. The coverage of the event has been overwhelming, and we know many of...
View ArticleJoe Biden: We need to stop this culture of rape jokes and 'locker room banter'
June 14, 2016MSNRachel ReveszThe phrase “rule of thumb” comes from the 1300s, when courts ruled that men could no longer beat their wives with a rod of a larger circumference than their thumb.It was a...
View ArticleMariska Hargitay of ‘Law & Order: SVU’ talks untested rape kit backlog
June 22, 2016Hidden RemoteAnne GoetzOlivia Benson, the character she’s portrayed on Law and Order: SVU for 17 years and 389 episodes, is a no-nonsense police lieutenant with a soft spot for victimized...
View ArticleRestoring joy to abuse victims
June 2016Hawaii BusinessJackie M. YoungWhen actress Mariska Hargitay started playing a sexual-assault detective on TV in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in 1999, she began to get mail full of...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court reverses decision in Cleveland rape kit case that drew...
July 27, 2016Cleveland.comRachel DissellCLEVELAND, Ohio –The Ohio Supreme Court today unanimously reversed the decision of a Cleveland appeals court in a rape kit case being watched across the...
View ArticleA disturbing trend: evidence in rape cases often goes untested
August 2016Seattle MagElaine PorterfieldThe night she was at a Seattle bar and left her seat to visit the restroom, Leah didn’t expect the man sitting next to her would spike her drink while she was...
View ArticleMariska Hargitay says this issue hasn't changed in the 18 years she's been on...
September 14, 2016Refinery29Shannon CarlinMariska Hargitay is opening up about how her role on Law & Order: SVU has made her an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse.Read the original version
View ArticleAn Incomprehensible Failure
September 20, 2016The Huffington PostSarah Haacke ByrdLast month, the U.S. Department of Justice released its much-anticipated report about policing practices in Baltimore, Maryland. Included in their...
View ArticleSVU's Mariska Hargitay on Vice President Joe Biden's Guest Role and THAT...
September 21, 2016PeopleLanford BeardMariska Hargitay has had to portray a lock of terrifying, disturbing scenarios in 17 seasons on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but the actress and mother of...
View ArticleFeds Kick In $38M More to Fight Rape-Kit Backlog
September 21, 2016Courthouse News ServiceNick DivitoTwo years after shocking revelations about 70,000 rape kits that went unprocessed across the country for decades, the United States committed another...
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