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	Mariska Hargitay - Hargitay Urging U.s. Politicians To Expand Dna Registry January 23rd, 2102 • Contact Music Contact Music Actress Mariska Hargitay is urging politicians to support the possible expansion of the U.S. Dna registry, so real-life detectives would be able to solve assault, abuse and murder cases faster. read more
	Mariska Hargitay + Other Celebs Say NO MORE to Domestic Violence + Sexual Assault September 25, 2013 • MTV Act Blog Claire Biggs Mariska Hargitay, of "Law & Order: SVU," made her directorial debut this week when she helped NO MORE launch a series of star-studded PSAs that will kick-start a three-year campaign to urge bystanders to speak out against sexual assault and domestic violence. read more
	Manhattan District Attorney rape kit backlog grants lead to 186 arrests nationwide March 12, 2019 • ABC News Meghan Keneally, Aaron Katersky Eleven thousand untested rape kits were found in an abandoned warehouse near Detroit in 2009. For years since, local officials nationwide have been working to get the funding to test their own backlog of untested kits. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has been trying to help other jurisdictions that face their own backlogs, doling out $38 million nationwide over the course of three years to pay for kits to be tested and criminals brought to justice. read more
	Man Charged in 1995 New York City Rape and Robbery After DNA Match May 4, 2015 • Jezebel Anna Merlan The Manhattan District Attorney has charged Joseph Giardala, 44, with raping and robbing a woman in New York City’s West Village in 1995. New York couldn’t identify Giardala by name after the rape, but entered his DNA into a national database, where it matched with a case in Florida earlier this year. In the years since allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman at knifepoint, Giardala has lived in at least eleven different U.S. states and appears to have traveled out of the country dozens of times. read more
	Making A Joyful Heart With Mariska Hargitay, Debra Messing, “Girls” star Jemima Kirke, Ice-T and Coco, James Lipton and More June 4, 2014 • Arthur Kade Arthur Kade #InTheLab with Arthur Kade was on the red carpet of the 10th Anniversary of Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Revolution Gala. read more
	Mad About Mariska June 17th, 2010 • Hamptons Magazine Jo Piazza Hargitay is one cliché worth talking about. In the midst of 12- to 15-hour days of physically grueling shoots for Law & Order: SVU, Mariska finds time to be a hands-on parent to her four-year-old son, August; push the envelope to grow the Joyful Heart Foundation, her charity for survivors of sexual and domestic abuse—and chat with a reporter to explain how she has time to do it all. read more
	Look of the Day May 18th, 2011 • InStyle (Photo Cred: Mike Coppola, Getty Images) Hilary Swank at the Joyful Heart Foundation Gala read more
	Locals, lawmaker speak out about Georgia’s rape kit backlog November 18, 2017 • Savannah Morning News Brittini Ray It’s been four years since Paige Bullard was sexually assaulted on Savannah State University’s campus, but her journey as a rape victim advocate is just getting started. And she says one of the biggest lessons that she has learned is that “what happened to her did not have to happen to someone else.” read more
	Lobbying to reduce the Rape Kit Backlog March 24th, 2010 • CBS News Laura Strickler This week, Valerie Neumann, a rape victim who was profiled in a CBS News investigation into the national rape kit backlog, is pounding the halls of Congress asking dozens of lawmakers to support legislation that will require DNA from all rape kits to be tested. read more
	Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mariska Hargitay and other well-known New Yorkers give. Here’s why. November 28, 2017 • The New York Times The New York Times After the post-Thanksgiving shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday, which kicks off the season of charitable giving. As The New York Times continues its Neediest Cases Fund campaign, we reached out to some prominent New Yorkers to ask them to name an organization to which they devote their resources. read more
	Let’s Talk About It: ‘Hundreds of thousands’ of rape kits are sitting on shelves January 9, 2017 • Ionia Sentinel-Standard DomesticShelters.org It was traumatic enough that in 1996, at just 17 years old, Helena was raped repeatedly by a stranger who approached her at a self-service car wash, pressing a knife to her throat before forcing her to drive to an abandoned truck yard. What followed was 13 years of being ignored by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Her rape kit—collected the same day that her rapist assaulted her, held her hostage, then freed her after threatening to kill her family if she went to police—sat on a shelf somewhere gathering dust for over a decade. read more
	Lending a Hand September 27, 2013 • People Magazine Jordan Strauss/AP Chris Meloni and Mariska Hargitay at JoyROCKS event, benefiting the Joyful Heart Foundation. read more
	Lawsuit expands allegations that city of Houston didn't properly investigate rapes December 25, 2017 • San Antonio Express-News Robert Downen A woman who waited five years for charges to be filed against her alleged rapist is suing the city of Houston, accusing authorities of showing "deliberate indifference" by failing to investigate a backlog of rape kits that could have identified her attacker much earlier. Beverly Flores last week joined a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in September by another former Houston resident, DeJenay Beckwith. The two women seek damages, saying officials violated their due process and equal protection rights. read more
	Law: North Carolina police must inventory untested rape kits June 29, 2017 • Associated Press Christina Sandidge No one knows how many untested rape kits have been shelved by local police departments throughout North Carolina, leaving victims to wonder if their cases will ever be solved, and leaving perpetrators free to strike again. A new law aims to change that by year's end. The state budget, enacted this week following a veto override, requires that local law enforcement agencies take inventory of the kits they have and report their findings to the State Crime Lab by January 1. read more
	Law & Order: SVU' Tackles Male-on-Male Sexual Abuse in 'Personal Fouls' September 27th, 2011 • AOL TV Chris Harnick The second episode of 'Law & Order: SVU' Season 13 is one for the TV history books. Not only does it feature guest stars Dan Lauria, Mechad Brooks, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh, but it'll also tackle the taboo issue of male-on-male sexual violence. read more
	Law & Order: SVU' star and director Mariska Hargitay confronts sexual consent January 2, 2016 • Inquisitr Edward Vkanty Mariska Hargitay has again been directing episodes of Law & Order: SVU and her most recent efforts aired Wednesday night in the appropriately titled episode, “A Misunderstanding.” The episode was written by Celine C. Robinson, who previously wrote six other episodes for the series, and centers around a young high school couple in a story that involves a he-said, she-said scenario addressing issues related to sexual consent. Hargitay says the episode was daunting to direct, because sexual consent is as murky topic in real American courtrooms as it is in fictional legal dramas. read more
	Law & Order star promotes Rockland's own SVU in video May 10, 2013 • Journal News - Lohud.com Steve Lieberman Actress Mariska Hargitay talks about helping victims of sexual and domestic abuse on a video released Friday by the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office promoting the county’s “Spirit of Rockland" Special Victims Unit. read more
	Law & Order crime show battles rape myths: study Nov. 19, 2015 • The Star Peter Edwards TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit may help educate television viewers about rape and importance of sexual consent, study suggests. read more
	Lanvin Collection Preview and Benefit for Joyful Heart April 1, 2013 • C Magazine - Social Front Alexandra von Furstenberg, Mariska Hargitay and other fashionable folk turned out for Lanvin's collection preview and luncheon to benefit the Joyful Heart Foundation and toast Hargitay's (who is JHF's Founder & President) birthday. read more
	Kym Worthy: Testing small portion of Detroit's 11,000-plus rape kit backlog identified 100 serial rapists March 10, 2014 • MLive Gus Burns Prosecutor Kym Worthy speaks at a press conference at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice about the 11,000 untested rape kits in the county waiting testing and investigation, Monday, March 10, 2014. Worthy was joined by actress and Joyful Heart Foundation founder Mariska Hargitay to talk about Detroit's progress in testing and getting justice for survivors of sexual assault. read more
	Kristen Bell Raises Money to End Homelessness with Path Partners Charity November 29, 2013 • Gossip Center Kristen Bell pictured in Hollywood wearing Theodora & Callum’s Red Multi Joyful Heart Wearable Art Scarf. read more
	Kristen Bell Helps Raise Money to End Homelessness During 'Path Partners' Charity Event November 29, 2013 • Just Jared Kristen Bell attends a Thanksgiving Day charity event to help end homelessness on Thursday (November 28) in Los Angeles, wearing Theodora and Callum's Red Multi Joyful Heart Wearable Art Scarf. read more
	Key legislators approve amended version of bill to test rape kits April 30, 2016 • Honolulu Star Advertiser Sophie Cocke Hawaii’s police departments will likely be required to take action on hundreds of rape kits that have sat in storage facilities for years, as well as new rape kits, after key lawmakers Friday agreed to an amended version of House Bill 1907. The bill gained traction after the Honolulu Police Department revealed in February that it had 1,500 untested kits that contain forensic evidence from rape victims. The untested kits, which could help solve crimes and catch serial rapists, date back more than a decade. ... read more
	Kelli Giddish (’Law & Order: SVU’), former Cumming resident, enjoys her new home February 15th, 2012 • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Rodney Ho Kelli Giddish discusses her character and appreciation for Mariska Hargitay. read more
	Keck's Exclusives: The Story Behind Law & Order: SVU's Mystery Necklace October 30th, 2011 • TV Guide William Keck The origin of Olivia Benson's necklace — showcasing a Semper Fi Marine medallion (alongside two pendants representing Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation). read more