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  • July 2008

    • Teen Prostitutes Find Help at LA Shelter

      newser  |  Good Magazine  |  Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT

      Teen Prostitutes Find Help at LA Shelter

      "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like other social-service types," said one LAPD officer. "Lois sees the big picture." More »

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      teenagers  • charity  • prostitute  • sex crime  • child prostitution  • social services  • women's shelters

  • June 2008

    • NY Billionaire Guilty on Hooker Charges

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Jun 30, 08 6:04 PM CDT

      NY Billionaire Guilty on Hooker Charges

      Manhattan banker and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida today to hiring an underage prostitute, and began serving an 18-month sentence. A year of house arrest and a life on the national sex offender list will follow. "They will be tracking you for the rest of your life," a judge told Epstein, 55, a philanthropist who has socialized with figures such as Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. More »

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      prostitution  • court  • prostitute  • underage sex  • sex crime  • bankers  • sentence

  • April 2008

    • Kinky Sex Kills Hubby

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Apr 24, 08 4:03 PM CDT

      Kinky Sex Kills Hubby

      A sex game gone wrong apparently killed a Tennessee man last weekend, and his wife has been charged with reckless homicide. The woman tied her husband up, put a ball gag in his mouth, wrapped his head in duct tape, leaving only nostril slits to breath through—and left to spend the night with another man, authorities said. She returned 20 hours later to find him dead. More »

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      sex  • homicide  • Tennessee  • sex crime  • sado-masochism

  • February 2008

    • Man Admits Sex With Slain Model

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 5, 08 3:00 PM CST

      Man Admits Sex With Slain Model

      A British man on trial for the murder of an 18-year-old model admits that he had sex with her corpse but denies killing her. Mark Dixie says he was high and drunk when he found Sally Anne Bowman’s body and took "advantage of the situation," the prosecutor said today at the Old Bailey, adding, “That, astonishingly, is his defense.” More »

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      murder  • stabbing  • sex crime

  • January 2008

    • Sex Convicts May Face Internet Ban

      newser  |  CNET  |  Jan 29, 08 6:45 PM CST

      Sex Convicts May Face Internet Ban

      New York's 25,000 convicted sex criminals will be banned from Facebook and MySpace if a bill unveiled today becomes law, CNET reports. Dubbed E-Stop, the legislation requires sex convicts to submit online identities and screen names so participating sites can block them. Those who committed a sex crime over the Internet would have usage controlled by the state's parole board. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • New York  • social networking  • MySpace  • sex crime  • sexual predators

  • December 2007

    • Texas Hits Strip Clubs With 'Pole Tax'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 22, 07 4:32 PM CST

      Texas Hits Strip Clubs With 'Pole Tax'

      Texas strip clubs are suing over a new law that will force them to collect a $5-per-person tax on clientele, the AP reports. Most of the estimated $40 million in proceeds will help rape victims, which club owners claim to support, but smaller venues fear a loss of customers. A Houston lawmaker who backed the bill disagrees: "I don't think another $5 is going to prevent someone from going," she said. More »

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      Texas  • rape  • sex crime  • strip club  • stripping  • tax code

    • Tape Puts Amanda at Murder Scene

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 1, 07 2:04 PM CST

      Tape Puts Amanda at Murder Scene

      An American student suggested in a bugged jailhouse meeting with her parents that she was home when her flatmate in Italy was murdered, the Telegraph reports. The disclosure contradicts earlier claims by Amanda Knox. "From the bugged recording it is possible to understand that she was in the house," a police source says. "She denies everything, but we did submit this evidence." More »

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      murder  • Italy  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • sex crime  • extreme sex

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