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POST-HEARING PRESS COVERAGE:

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime & Drugs 9/14/2010

There is a chronic failure to report and investigate rape cases in the United States... Statement by Carol Tracy, Executive Director, WLP

Baltimore Sun:

Justin Fenton, Calls for oversight of FBI statistics, definition of rape, September 15, 2010.

Justin Fenton, Testimony before Senate panel calls for more oversight of crime stats, broader definition of rape, September 14, 2010.

WJZ – CBS, Baltimore:

Mary Bubula, Reporting for WJZ in Baltimore

Philly.com:

Michael Matza, Victims’ testimony at congressional hearing show ‘chronic failure’ in rape investigations, September 15, 2010.

CNN.com:

Emma Lacey-Bordeaux, Feds undercounting rape victims, advocates warn.

ABC News:

Tom Shine and Huma Khan, Robbed, Raped and Jailed: Are Police Departments Underestimating Rape Cases? Sept. 14, 2010.

Diane Sawyer, ABC News, Sept. 14, 2010

Capitol News Connection (Washington DC):

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson , Congress to Review Lax Rape Law Enforcement, Sep 14, 2010.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Gina Barton, U.S. Senate panel hears rape case concerns: Milwaukee police's handling of sex assault reports, Sept. 14, 2010.

Cleveland.com:

Rachel Dissell, U.S. Senate hearing focuses on mishandling of sex crimes nationally, in Cleveland, September 14, 2010.

TBD.com:

Amanda Hess, Rape in the U.S.: Live-blogging Senate hearing on under-reporting of rape, September 14, 2010.

C-SPAN.org:

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs Hearing (9/14/10).

Women’s Media Center:

Senate Judiciary Committee Finally Commits Time and Energy to Rape,
September 15, 2010.

Officer.com:

Congressional panel holds hearing on sexual assault reporting and investigation,
September 14, 2010.

Village Voice:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/09/in_the_us_senat.php

Womens ENews:

http://womensenews.org/breaking-news

Fox News DC:

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/politics/congress-holds-hearing-on-rape-law-enforcement-091410