Sexual Assault

A recent bill unanimously passed in the Colorado legislature has dual purposes. First, it clarifies the law to facilitate the decision-making by jurors in sexual assault cases. Second, changing one word (consent) helps victims understand whether the actions committed...

Recently in the New York Times, there was an investigation into the New York University Professor Avital Ronell, a world-renowned female professor who was found responsible after an 11 month Title IX investigation of sexually harassing her male graduate...

Being accused of a crime as an innocent person is devastating. Even when a jury returns a not guilty verdict or the prosecution drops the charges, the allegations alone live on long after the case. A wrongful conviction based on faulty eyewitness identification,...

A former University of Colorado distance runner and current Denver high school cross country coach was recently accused of sexually assaulting a student. The coach was arrested on December 14, 2011 and released on $50,000 bond. Formal sexual assault charges were filed...