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A proposed law named for a Shaker Heights woman who lost her life to domestic violence was approved by a House committee on Thursday.

A proposed law named for a Shaker Heights woman who lost her life to domestic violence was approved by a House committee on Thursday.

A proposed law named for a Shaker Heights woman who lost her life to domestic violence was approved by a House committee on Thursday. Aisha’s Law was passed out of the House Criminal Justice Committee after receiving even more testimony on its importance, and despite arguments against it by a criminal defense association. The bill […]

Moving Ahead column on notable recent new hires, staff promotions and professional awards and achievements in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Moving Ahead column on notable recent new hires, staff promotions and professional awards and achievements in Volusia and Flagler counties.

May 21, 2021 After Madison Campbell was sexually assaulted, she had an overwhelming feeling of not wanting to be touched by anyone, she remembers. She didn’t want to tell her friends what happened, she didn’t want to talk to the police, she didn’t want to leave her dorm room ever again. In the hours that followed the crime, which occurred while she attended a study abroad program at the University of Edinburgh in 2016, she walked to a nearby pharmacy to buy black dye for her blond hair, a...

/ Materials for conducting a sexual assault examination are prepared for the next rape survivor at the Solace Center in Raleigh. Editor’s note: This article is Part 2 of a two-part investigative series. For years, if sexual assault survivors in Cumberland County sought care, they could count on going to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, where the hospital’s highly trained and certified sexual assault nurse examiners would provide treatment and gather the forensic evidence nee...

BPRs Matt Bush speaks with Carolina Public Press lead investigative reporter Kate Martin... Editor’s note: This article is Part 2 of a two-part investigative series.  Part one can be read here. For years, if sexual assault survivors in Cumberland County sought care, they could count on going to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, where the hospital’s highly trained and certified sexual assault nurse examiners would provide treatment and gather the forensic evidence needed for ...

NBC News mapped sexual assault forensic exam providers across the U.S., then put a call out to see what we missed, adding nearly 100 more. Find one near you.

Assaulted. a team of forensic nurses is brought in to take samples which will be sent to a lab for analysis. >> and the reason we were called in was because its a suspicious death. its not known at this point what the cause of death was. >> youre done? okay. cool. thanks. >> all autopsies begin with an external exam. as michelle and christina clean off the body, dr. spitz takes note of any physical injuries. >> all right. lets roll him this way and then roll him the other way and we shall soon s...