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A new social media campaign is sharing the realities sexual assault survivors face within the criminal justice system and calling for meaningful reform in Austin and Travis County. Launched in April – Sexual Assault Awareness Month –
Amy s Army was created by survivors and advocates both to raise awareness and sustain support for the legal actions taken by rape survivors against the city, county, police department, and district attorney s office.
A federal class action brought by survivors in 2018 was dismissed in 2020, but that decision is being reviewed by the
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June. A separate suit in state court is pending, awaiting the 5CA ruling. Both allege that systemic mishandling of sexual assault cases deprives women of their constitutional rights.
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Conversations about sex assault needed to help others, local advocates say
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