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No One Was There to Help, Despite Flagrant Abuse

By Jess McCabe ● Crime & Law ● February 9, 2015

There is a certain bitterness against her parents, looking back. “When I was lying there in a pool of blood and covered in scratches. I do feel a bit like they let me down.” The third of three brief interviews with survivors about why they didn’t leave after the first incident of abuse.

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Abuse Started at 14; He Was 34 and All She Knew

By Jess McCabe ● Crime & Law ● February 5, 2015

Fifteen years and three children later, Sarah asked for a separation from her abusive husband. The second of three brief interviews with survivors about why they didn’t leave right away, at the first incident of abuse.

Why Doesn’t She Leave? Here’s What They Say

By Jess McCabe ● Crime & Law ● February 3, 2015

It took her nine years to finally leave. Confusion was a big part of the delay since this, after all, wasn’t an obviously aggressive bully. This was a man who seemed at first to worship her. The first of three brief interviews with survivors.

NFL’s Domestic Safety Message Heads to Super Bowl

By Miranda S. Spivack & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● January 29, 2015

After a spate of domestic violence cases, the NFL has been airing PSAs timed to the big game on Feb. 1. Internally it is revising its player conduct policy and changing adjudication practices. “This is a long term effort,” says one of its new safety consultants.

More Female Officers Defuse Violent Policing Style

By Hajer Naili ● Crime & Law ● January 28, 2015

Women on a police force are less likely than male coworkers to use excessive and deadly force, studies show, relying more on interpersonal skills. If policymakers knew the data, says one advocate, they’d “go on a hiring spree and hire more women.”

Marissa Alexander’s Supporters Converge in Florida

By Miranda S. Spivack & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● January 26, 2015

One group has spent January driving cross country in the Black Women’s Lives Matter: Free Marissa Now caravan lobbying for Marissa Alexander’s pardon. A quilting project joins them on Jan. 27 to keep watch outside Alexander’s day in court.

Ultraviolet: No Justice This Week in Steubenville

By Hajer Naili ● Crime & Law ● January 15, 2015

The prosecution of a school administrator at the center of a notorious rape case settled out of court on Monday. An anti-rape-activist considers the deal excessively lenient and worries about what it means for a related prosecution of another school official.

Win in Harvard Case Will Ripple Across Campuses

By Wendy Murphy ● Crime & Law ● January 13, 2015

Women: 1; Harvard: 0. An unprecedented Title IX case against Harvard Law School was resolved in December. The federal complaint filed in 2010 against the nation’s most powerful university sparked an extraordinary national movement against campus sexual assault, and its impact will be huge.

Native Women Score Wins over Demeaning Images

By Editors at Women's eNews ● Crime & Law ● January 7, 2015

“I have nieces and nephews that play sports,” says Johnnie Jae, who helps lead social media efforts via the Twitter hashtag #NotYourMascot. “They shouldn’t have to contend with Native mascots or see rival teams and fans mocking who they are as indigenous people.”

Marissa Alexander’s Allies Survey the Ground Lost

By Miranda S. Spivack & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● December 10, 2014

The Jacksonville, Fla., resident accepted a plea deal in the same court district in Florida with the same prosecutor as in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Both shooters claimed self-defense. Martin’s killer was acquitted.