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April 10, 2020

NY Senators ask colleagues to extend Child Victims Act amid COVID-19

Advocates of the Child Victims Act (CVA) as well as child abuse victims themselves are currently urging lawmakers to extend the lookback window of the Child Victims Act (CVA) for another year, which would give adult victims of childhood sexual abuse more time to file legal actions against their perpetrators. Unfortunately, with COVID-19 putting a halt to all non essential cases, which includes any CVA proceedings, the challenge for victims has now decreased their time frame from a one year window to a matter of months. CVA advocates and victims are pushing lawmakers to extend their CVA window as […]

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April 8, 2020

Youth Mentor and Leader convicted of soliciting sex from a minor asks for early release from prison due to COVID-19

In what’s become a trend in these current times due to CORONA, another sex abuse offender is asking for release due to COVID-19. One of the former Louisville Metro Police officers convicted of federal and state crimes in the department’s youth Explorer sex scandal, Brandon Wood, has asked this week for a “compassionate release” from prison because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wood, was sentenced in May in U.S. District Court to a short 70 months in prison for attempted enticement of a teen in the youth mentoring program, according to a motion filed by his attorney, asked […]

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April 8, 2020

Wife of Child molester suing Church for $9.5 Million despite fact that father sexually abused their own daughter

An Oregon man is currently serving 15 years for sexually abusing a little girl after he confessed to a clergy member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He confessed to the.crime in 2016 to “repent for his sins”(under the eyes of God and to seek spiritual healing) “to bring peace within his life and family.” He was arrested and charged in 2017 and convicted in 2018 of four counts of second-degree sexual abuse. The abuser’s wife is now suing the Church for $9.5 Million and claims that the family went through emotional distress and […]

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April 7, 2020

The Coronavirus Pandemic wreaks havoc on survivors seeking justice under the CVA but it will be worse unless the CVA is extended.

The Coronavirus Pandemic wreaks havoc on survivors seeking justice under the CVA but it will be worse for survivors who have not yet come forward unless the CVA is extended. Herman Law represents over 500 survivors who were sexually abused as children in New York and are seeking a measure of justice under the New York Child Victims Act. Many survivors fall into the vulnerable category of potential victims in the pandemic and wonder whether they will ever see justice in their lifetimes. The courts are virtually shut down and survivors wait and wonder when their legal actions […]

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March 26, 2020

Trump’s ex lawyer, currently serving 3 year prison sentence, requests to be home for fear of COVID-19

Michael Cohen, Trump’s prior lawyer, who is currently serving a prison sentence has asked to be placed at home because of the fear of coronavirus in federal lockup. Federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York argued Cohen’s request was no different than any other inmate and there are no circumstances to prove he should have any special treatment. Prosecutors wrote a letter to the Judge; “Cohen has not even attempted to argue that he is uniquely at risk as compared to other inmates. Nor could he: He is 53 years old and in good health. As such, […]

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March 26, 2020

Courts in New York halt hearings may effect Child Victims Act

One of the country’s largest and busiest court system, in New York, has stopped filing and cases that aren’t essential. The New York court system said it will begin holding virtual hearings all in response to the COVID-19. Judge Lawrence Marks, the New York Chief Administrative Judge ordered county clerks across the state on Sunday to allow only filings that were essential which included criminal, child protection and housing cases that were urgent. Saying “extraordinary times like these call for extraordinary measures,” Marks and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore also said New York City would start holding criminal and […]

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