Rape

A death penalty for child rape bill (HB 1297) signed by Florida's governor Monday conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court precedents that have barred death sentences for rapists, including a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year marks 18 years of sexual assault-centered activism. According to the National Sexual Violence…

We delve into the works featured in a provocative new exhibit through Florida Gulf Coast University Library Archives and Special Collections exploring the…

Three South Florida high school students have come up with an invention that could protect people from becoming rape victims. What's that invention?...

There has been a lot of attention on the issue of sexual assault on college campuses in recent years. There was an alleged case of rape on the...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston and the woman who accused him of rape while both attended Florida State University have settled the...

The powerful chairman of a Senate committee that oversees the criminal-justice budget said Wednesday that Florida's backlog of thousands of untested...

There are more than 13,000 untested rape kits in Florida. That’s according to a $300,000 assessment surveying law enforcement crime labs, announced...

Governor Rick Scott announced last month he’s seeking $8.5 million dollars in the coming state’s fiscal budget to help address a backlog of some 11,000…

Federal officials on Thursday announced Thursday more than $5 million in grants to Florida agencies dealing with a backlog of thousands of untested...