Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence

The investigation lasted for three years. Title IX is the federal law that outlaws discrimination against, or the exclusion of, any person from a federally funded education program or activity because of their sex or gender.

Christopher Strawn faces a variety of charges including first- and second-degree murder for the death of Brandon Cook at the Kodzoff Acres trailer park in October 2015.

James Harmon is serving a 72 year prison sentence for Maggie Wigen’s murder, two instances of sexual assault, and taking $100 bills that belonged to her.

An investigation by The Globe and Mail found that a fifth of reported rapes and assaults were dismissed as “unfounded,” meaning baseless. Now police across the country are reviewing old cases.

HB 31 would require agencies to send all sexual assault kits to labs for testing within 18 months of receiving them. State agencies would also be required to create a system to track those kits and to monitor which ones go untested.

A recent legislative audit of the state’s Crime Lab said the facility isn’t meeting its target speed for processing sexual assault response team kits, which include biological evidence gathered after an alleged sexual assault. A scientist at the lab explained that the process is complicated.