Sexual Assault

Delegates Consider Annual Fee For Sex Offenders; Some Worry It’s Overly Punitive

House Bill 3164 would require West Virginians convicted of sex offenses to pay state police $250 per year to fund upkeep for the state's sex offender registry.

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W.Va. Extortion Law Could Soon Expand To Better Address Sexual Coercion

Advocates for survivors of sexual violence in West Virginia say current state extortion laws do not address forms of sexual extortion explicitly enough. But a bill passing through the West Virginia Leg...

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Sexual Assault Initiative IDs Suspects In Thousands Of W.Va. Cold Cases

Evidence collected but never tested from thousands of sexual assaults across West Virginia has now been identified and tested in the hopes of finding a suspect. 

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State DNA Database Helps Solve Cold Case

The case was part of the West Virginia Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, which aims to reduce the number of sexual assault kits in law enforcement possession that remain unsubmitted for DNA testing.

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