Assistant District Attorney Asheeka Desai of our Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit helped secure justice for a now-teenage girl who was repeatedly raped and sexually abused when she was between the ages of eight and twelve years old. The defendant was found guilty of Rape of a Child, Unlawful...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, observes National Self-Care Awareness Month in its September 2022 newsletter. Learn more.
Assistant District Attorneys Eamon Kenny and Kara Heininger of our Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit helped secure justice at a recent sentencing for a defendant who was found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting his daughter. Kenny and Heininger successfully argued that the defendant be...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, observes International Peace Month in its August 2022 newsletter. This latest edition also includes a message from...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, observes Mental Health Awareness Month in their May newsletter. Access mental health supports and learn about the...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, shares important information for family members with unsolved homicide cases, and much more in their April...
For the Commonwealth highlights the important work our prosecutors are doing to help secure justice in specific cases brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Sanhita Sen of our Special Investigations Unit (SIU) helped secure justice recently in a...