In assault cases, when it’s a victim’s word against the abuser’s, medical evidence can make or break a criminal case. For decades in San Diego County, victims of sexual assault and child abuse have ...
If you or someone you know is experiencing sexual violence, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline by calling 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), visit the lifeline crisis chat at www.online.rainn.org, or ...
A new forensic exam site for sexual assault survivors has opened at Banner University Medical Center on Aug. 25, thanks to a $499,382 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and a collaboration ...
In the last year alone, the SAFE Alliance has lost roughly $4 million in philanthropic and government funding. That massive ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Banner University Medical Center recently made an important addition to their emergency department. Medical professionals now have the tools to offer a forensic exam to ...
A bill modeled after a San Diego County pilot program that provided domestic violence victims with the kind of in-depth forensic exam that sexual assault victims receive was signed into law this week, ...
Image: Holley Robinson, EDRM with AI. A motion for a forensic examination was granted in PlayUp, Inc. v. Mintas, 2025 WL 2017161 (D. Nev. Jul. 18, 2025). On movant’s third try, the court found that ...
SACRAMENTO — Weeks before UC Irvine opened its sexual assault forensic exam site, a student needed it. She walked into the nearest emergency room after her attack only to find out that it did not ...