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  • July 2008

    • Supreme Court Goofs Up Key Fact in Child Rape Decision

      New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 2:36 AM CDT

      Supreme Court Goofs Up Key Fact in Child Rape Decision

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court misconstrued a key fact in reaching its recent decision banning the death penalty for child rape, reports the New York Times . Swing justice Anthony Kennedy mistakenly noted in his decision that child rapists did not face the death penalty in federal jurisdiction. But in fact the rape of a child was made a military capital crime when the military code of justice was revised in 2006. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • Anthony Kennedy  • child rape  • military law

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Aussie Pardoned 86 Years After Execution

      Reuters  |  May 27, 08 6:27 AM CDT

      Aussie Pardoned 86 Years After Execution

      (Newser) - An Australian man hanged for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl has been pardoned 86 years after his execution, Reuters reports. Hairs found in his bed that were said to belong to the victim weren’t hers, recent tests showed. The attorney general said the case was a warning against the use of the death penalty, which hasn't been imposed in Australia since 1967. More »

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      murder  • Australia  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • execution  • pardon  • child rape  • Melbourne  • hanging

    • Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse

      Reuters  |  May 16, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse

      (Newser) - The US marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was sentenced by court martial today to four years in prison, after pleading guilty to abusive sexual conduct, Reuters reports. The other charges against 38-year-old Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott, including rape and kidnapping, were dropped. With his plea deal, Hadnott will serve only three of the four years. He was dishonorably discharged.   More »

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      Japan  • US military  • Okinawa  • child rape  • military law  • court martial  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives

      CNN  |  May 6, 08 6:18 AM CDT

      Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives

      (Newser) - A husband in the Texas polygamist ranch where children were seized to protect them from suspected child abuse has 36 kids and 21 wives—with the youngest 43 years his junior, reports CNN. The information on the 67-year-old member—whose youngest child is 6 months old—is included on a "bishop's list" of families kept by the sect. The "bishop" is believed to be leader Warren Jeffs, serving time as an accomplice to child rape. More »

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      rape  • child abuse  • polygamy  • Yearning for Zion ranch  • Warren Jeffs  • child rape  • Eldorado

  • April 2008

    • Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

      Associated Press  |  Apr 29, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

      (Newser) - Members of the family in the Austrian incest case have met for the first time and interacted with "astonishing" ease, an official at the clinic where they're being treated told the AP. Although the children who were imprisoned with their mother had never met their other siblings or grandmother, their reunion on Sunday went smoothly, the clinic director said. More »

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      kidnapping  • child abuse  • Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • incest  • Amstetten, Austria  • child rape

    • Austrian Man Held Daughter Captive 24 Years

      Associated Press  |  Apr 27, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      Austrian Man Held Daughter Captive 24 Years

      (Newser) - A 42-year-old Austrian woman missing since 1984 has been found—in her father’s cellar, where she says he kept her prisoner for 24 years. Elisabeth F. told police her father, Josef F., began sexually abusing her at age 11, and locked her in the cellar when she turned 18,  fathering her 7 children over the next two and a half decades. One child died days after birth because of improper care; Elisabeth says her father burned the corpse. More »

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      kidnapping  • rape  • Austria  • incest  • child rape  • captivity

    • US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape

      CNN  |  Apr 25, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape

      (Newser) - The US military has charged a Marine with rape of a child, adultery, and kidnapping after an assault on a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, CNN reports. Japanese officials had released the Marine earlier this year after the girl, apparently not wanting to be in the public eye, dropped the allegations. But US officials investigated for violations of the military justice code. The incident has infuriated residents of Okinawa. More »

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      Japan  • US military  • Okinawa  • child rape  • military law  • court martial  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • Justices to Weigh Death Penalty for Child Rape

      Washington Post  |  Apr 14, 08 9:02 AM CDT

      Justices to Weigh Death Penalty for Child Rape

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court could forbid the death penalty for child rapists in a major upcoming decision, the Washington Post reports. On Wednesday, the court will hear the case of a Louisiana man who raped his 8-year-old stepdaughter so violently she needed surgery—a case that follows a series of landmark decisions that rolled back capital punishment for the mentally impaired and minors, in accordance with "evolving standards of decency." More »

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      US Supreme Court  • rape  • Louisiana  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • child rape

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