Only about 6% of rapists will ever serve a day in jail
Once the prosecutor’s office receives a completed probable cause statement for a sexual assault case, they decide what charges to
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Sexual Assault
Sexual Assault Survivors are 13 times more likely than non-crime victims to attempt suicide
After a sexual assault, most survivors are psychologically affected. Larraine Lynch, Clinical Manager for The King County Sexual Assault Resource
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43% of sexual assault survivors didn’t report because they thought nothing could be done
When a survivor of sexual assault contacts law enforcement they often have an expectation that their case will be solved
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The American Medical Association has called sexual assault the “silent, violent epidemic”
After a sexual assault, the survivor may choose to go to the emergency room for evaluation. The experience survivors go
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Every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted
One in five women and one in 67 men will be raped at some point in their lives. By the
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