May 3, 2016 Bond set in sexual battery case against husband of woman accused of suffocating 3 sons An Ohio man charged with sexually assaulting his wife when she a teenager, who authorities say later suffocated her three young sons, is in jail on $100,000 bond.
May 3, 2016 Judge to remove young man from Michigan sex offender list in criticized misdemeanor case A judge has agreed to remove a young man from Michigan's sex offender registry who was originally sentenced to spend decades on the list after admitting he had sex with a 14-year-old girl who lied about her age.
May 3, 2016 Lawyers seek rape charge dismissal for Massachusetts teen accused in teacher's slaying Lawyers for a Massachusetts teen charged with killing his high school math teacher are trying to get an aggravated rape charge against him dropped, a move that angered prosecutors.
May 3, 2016 Husband of woman accused of suffocating 3 sons is charged with sexually assaulting her as teen The husband of an Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three sons has been charged with sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.
May 3, 2016 White House, NYC prosecutor pledge $79M to test sexual assault kits, cut backlogs across US The White House and New York City's district attorney have pledged a combined $79 million to test sexual assault kits across the country.
May 3, 2016 Florida's top lawyer wants quicker processing of rape kits; backlog numbers in the thousands Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says thousands of untested rape kits are sitting in the evidence rooms of law enforcement agencies across the state, though the exact number is anybody's guess.
May 3, 2016 Penn State asks judge to order Paternos to return notes of interviews after abuse scandal The fate of some 120 sets of notes from interviews after a child-abuse scandal rocked Penn State is now in the hands of a Pennsylvania judge.
May 3, 2016 Prosecutor sure that judge will look at all sides in re-sentencing of Indiana man in sex case A Michigan prosecutor isn't offering much public reaction after a judge threw out a sentence that put a 19-year-old Indiana man on two sex offender registries for having sex with a 14-year-old who lied about her age.
May 3, 2016 Man faces life sentence for part in teen girl's gang rape; previously rejected 2 plea deals A South Florida man is facing a possible life sentence for his part in the brutal beating and rape of a teenage girl.
May 3, 2016 Independent review of reported, then retracted Virginia gang rape to remain under wraps An independent review of the University of Virginia's handling of a student's gang rape allegations will not be publicly released because of privacy concerns.
