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In Death, A Battered Woman Could Help The Living

By Siobhan Morrissey ● Crime & Law ● August 31, 2000

An all-too-common denouement: a battered woman starkly in fear for her life is murdered by her estranged but ferociously menacing husband. This time, however, the death in California has set off a federal court battle with national implications.

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Pending Bills: Hate Crime, Violence Against Women

By Mimi Yahn ● Crime & Law ● August 28, 2000

Ten years ago, women’s rights were considered separate from and secondary to civil and human rights. Today, gender is becoming a key factor in civil and human rights campaigns and legislation, but there’s still resistance to special protections.

Court Signals Deep Divisions on Women’s Rights

By Yolanda Wu ● Crime & Law ● August 25, 2000

Frequently deciding key cases by a single vote, the Supreme Court rendered various 5 to 4 rulings this term that demonstrate just how fragile a margin protects, or threatens, women’s rights and civil rights.

Rape Tore the Fabric of Bosnian Families, Society

By Brenda Smiley ● Crime & Law ● August 11, 2000

A federal jury awarded $745 million in damages to 11 Bosnian women who testified about the use of systematic rape as a calculated crime of war. They almost certainly won’t collect, but they had the bleak satisfaction of telling the world about evil.

Federal Courts Slicing Family Leave Law

By Ellen Birkett Morris ● Crime & Law ● August 3, 2000

Federal appeals courts have ruled that state workers are not covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, leaving government employees in 10 states without its benefits. Next on the legal horizon: No federal protection for disabled state workers.

Abortion Foes May Instigate New Legal Battles

By Kristin Choo ● Crime & Law ● July 31, 2000

The Supreme Court 5-4 decision rejecting laws purporting to ban late-term abortions might well have set the stage for a new round of restrictive state laws with an eye to pick up that one crucial vote on the High Court.

Bosnian ‘Rape Camp’ Survivors Testify in The Hague

By Jerome Socolovsky ● Crime & Law ● July 19, 2000

In the first international trial focusing on rape as a war crime and a crime against humanity, 16 Bosnian Muslim women confronted their alleged rapists, speaking out about the systematic assaults for a war crimes tribunal–and for the history books.

Female Felons: Crimes Are Light, Lives Are Dark

By Laura Marble ● Crime & Law ● July 17, 2000

A new study of women drug offenders in Pennsylvania indicates many were caught with small amounts of drugs, had abusive parents and adult relationships and lacked treatment alternatives.

Hearings Reveal Little Aid for Rape Victims

By Laura Marble ● Crime & Law ● June 27, 2000

New York City’s flawed and fragmented approach to assisting victims of sexual violence was documented in City Council hearings, but ignored by media swept up in the frenzied aftermath of the Central Park sex assaults.

Custody Lawyer Says Solomon Had It All Wrong

By Stephanie B. Goldberg ● Crime & Law ● June 19, 2000

Women fare poorly in court battles over custody, as do children, says a lawyer who now refuses to fight custody battles. She has now joined a small but growing minority of family law lawyers who seek to reduce conflict in custody disputes.