Attorneys for former Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky stood before a Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday arguing for a new trial for the convicted child abuser. The attorneys argued, among other things, that they had inadequate time to prepare for trial and the judge mishandled the jury instructions. Sandusky’s attorney Norris Gelman also
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Leto Copeley appointed to National Crime Victim Bar Association Advisory Board
Leto has just returned from a joint conference of the National Center for Victims of Crime and the National Crime Victim Bar Association. At the conference, which was held in Phoenix, she was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Bar Association’s advisory board. Hundreds of attendees, including both victim rights advocates and attorneys, attended workshops
Statute of limitations issue in child sex abuse cases must be decided by the jury, Vermont Supreme Court holds
When children suffer sexual abuse, they often do not understand until years later that what happened to them was in fact abusive. Sometimes this is because the abuser manipulated the child into believing that what was happening was completely normal. Other times, the child will make up a different story in own their mind to protect
Enraged mother of rape victim speaks out
The mother of a 14-year-old Montana girl who took her own life after being raped by a teacher is speaking out, after the teacher was sentenced to only one month in prison. Auliea Hanlon told CNN that she felt the sentence was “a joke” and “a travesty” that caused her to lose faith in the
RGIS inventory worker struck by falling object in big box store wins workers’ compensation case
An injured worker represented by Leto Copeley has won her workers’ compensation case against her employer at the North Carolina Industrial Commission. The worker had the job of going to various retail stores to count their inventory. On the day of her injury, she was at a large home improvement chain store counting curtain rods, when a