Calif. Prostitutes May Gain Victim Compensation

Under the current system, prostitutes harmed in violent crimes can be paid for medical costs and related expenses, but prostitutes are excluded because their activities are illegal.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Under the current system, those harmed in violent crimes can be paid for medical costs and related expenses, but prostitutes are excluded because their activities are illegal. California is the only state in the nation with such a provision, said Jon Myers, deputy executive officer of the Victim Compensation and Government Claims

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Rampant Abuse, Misplaced Priorities Typify Juvenile Incarceration

The “school to prison pipeline” is creating a class of minorities systematically disenfranchised from the earliest of ages.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

“Don” was a troubled kid. At age 16, his repeated mental and behavioral issues led him to bring a weapon to school, throw a rock at an occupied vehicle, and regularly break the law. As a foster child, Don had few advocates to speak for him, and in such a situation, he easily could have been caught up in the “school-to-prison pipeline.” Millions of

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Change In Statute Of Limitations Laws Spells Trouble For Catholic Church

Minnesota has becomes the latest state to give child sex abuse victims their day in court.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a law last week that stripped away the statute of limitations for child sex-abuse victims. On Wednesday, a 51-year-old Twin Cities man was the first to file a lawsuit under the new law, alleging sexual abuse by a Catholic priest in the 1970s. The state of Minnesota is not alone in enacting legislation that alters

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Blowing The Whistle On Sex Abuse, Church Leaders Speak Out

A group calling themselves the Catholic Whistleblowers say the Roman Catholic Church is still protecting sexual predators.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Priests and nuns are risking discrimination to speak out against cases of ongoing sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.  It’s a massive international scandal dating back at least 50 years, and one that has rocked the leadership of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics as victims came forward one by one to tell their stories of abuse at the

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