Our staff are available to provide customized training related to sexual violence, domestic and intimate partner violence, stalking, human trafficking, child abuse, elder abuse, and witness intimidation.
Rape shield laws provide prosecutors with a powerful tool to counter defense attempts to introduce irrelevant and highly prejudicial evidence of a victim’s sexual history at trial. First codified into law in 1974 in the state of Michigan, rape shield provisions now exist in every jurisdiction in…
Review AEquitas’s amicus brief in support of the U.S. government’s appeal of the Fifth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, which struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by persons subject to domestic violence protection orders.
Review the Fifth Circuit’s decision on the constitutionality of firearm restrictions for persons subject to domestic violence protection orders through the lens of Second Amendment jurisprudence.
Hold labor traffickers accountable through the investigation and prosecution of trafficking crimes, as well as co-occurring environmental and drug offenses, occurring within the illicit cannabis industry.
AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jonathan Kurland discusses Counterman v. Colorado and the implications for cases. In particular, he addresses the potential impact for stalking cases.
Counter defense attempts to introduce irrelevant and highly prejudicial evidence of a victim’s sexual history at trial.
Learn about on-ramps into sexual exploitation and the trauma, abuse, and violence experienced by victims and survivors.
In the case, Counterman v. Colorado, the Court appeared willing to increase the threshold for identifying speech that rises to the level of a “true threat” and overturn a criminal stalking conviction as an infringement of the harasser’s constitutionally-protected First Amendment right to speech.…
Human trafficking within the illicit massage industry (IMI) is the organized and profitable exploitation of vulnerable individuals. Interrupting IMI criminal networks requires law enforcement to take an equally organized approach, including investigating and prosecuting financial and organized…
Law enforcement are regularly challenged to build cases that can be successfully prosecuted when victims are unable to participate. There are a myriad of ways to build cases that are not wholly dependent on victim testimony, and one powerful strategy is to use wiretaps that can capture…
When and How: Admitting Expert Testimony on Victim Behavior in Sexual Assault Cases in Pennsylvania.