AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson delivered a series of presentations, including but not limited to, “Beyond Conviction Rates: Measuring Success in Sexual Assault Prosecutions,” “Prosecuting Cases Involving Victims with Developmental Disabilities,” and “Overcoming The Consent Defense: Prosecuting Known Offenders” on behalf of the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Oklahoma Partners for Change Conference
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson and SPARC Director Jennifer Landaus delivered a series of presentations including “Antisocial Media: When Facebook is Weaponized,” “Know More, Do More: Enhanced Safety Planning for Victims of Stalking” and “Romantic Pursuit or Dangerous Conduct: Working with Teen and Young Adult Victims of Stalking” on behalf of the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General (OKOAG) in Norma, Oklahoma.
Prosecution Strategies for Cold Case Sexual Assault
AEquitas Attorney Advisors Jane Anderson and Patti Powers delivered a series of presentations, including but not limited to, “Hot Verdict in a Cold Case: Informing the Jury’s Response to Evidence,” “Overcoming the Consent Defense: Prosecuting Known Offenders” and “Admissibility of Expert Testimony and Using Expert Witnesses” on behalf of the Fourth Judicial Court of the Florida State Attorney’s Office in Jacksonville, Florida.
Law Enforcement and Prosecution Best Practices: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access and the U and T Visa
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson presented on behalf of the National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) in Denver, Colorado to an audience of attorneys, law students, sexual assault/domestic violence program staff, and prosecutors.
Southern States Victim Assistance Conference (SSVAC)
SPARC Director Jennifer Landhuis presented “Left Hand Meet Right Hand: Identifying Stalking within the Context of Domestic and Sexual Violence” and “Stalking 2.0: Stalking in the Digital Age” in Nashville, Tennessee to an audience of corrections personnel, sexual assault/domestic violence program staff, law enforcement officers, mental health professionals and prosecutors.
Sexual Assault Kit Summit for Cities
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Patti Powers presented “Prosecution of Cold Cases of Sexual Assault” and “Using Voir Dire to Eliminate Jury Bias” on behalf of RTI International in Portland, Oregon.
Family Justice Center
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson presented “Supporting Victims and Improving Prosecutions for Undocumented Victims and/or Victims with U Visas” on behalf of the Family Justice Cetner and the National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) in Montgomery County, Maryland to an audience of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and victim-witness specialists.
Transitions of Pennsylvania
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jonathan Kurland presented “Strangulation Injury” and “Going Forward Without the Victim: Evidence-Based Prosecution of Domestic Violence” on behalf of Transitions of Pennsylvania in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to an audience of dual sexual assault/domestic violence program staff, law enforcement officers, and victim-witness specialists.
Safe Berks
AEquitas Attorney Advisors Vikki Kristiansson and Jonathan Kurland presented “Higher Education: Confronting the Reality of Sexual Assault,” “Strangulation Injury,” and “Improving the Justice System Response to Witness Intimidation” on behalf of Safe Berks in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Investigation and Prosecution of Cold Cases
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Patti Powers presented “Overcoming the Consent Defense: Prosecuting the Non-Stranger Rapist” on behalf of RTI International in Richmond, Virginia to an audience of dual sexual assault/domestic violence program staff, government agency staff, law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victim-witness specialists.
