TROY — Miami County prosecutors vowed Monday to fight to ensure Jason Durig, sentenced to 15 years to life for the abuse and murder of his 8-month-old son, “never sees the light of day” beyond prison walls. Durig, 29, of Troy pleaded guilty in December to felony murder and child endangering in the July death of his son, Caleb. The child’s grandparents, an aunt and an uncle called Durig “a monster with no heart” in a written statement read during Durig’s sentencing in county Common Pleas Court. Durig looked down at the defense table while the statement was read by a victim’s advocate.

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MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY – Police are looking for a woman accused of child abuse of her 55-day-old infant. Melissa M. Kobielaski is wanted after her child was taken to the Western Baptist Hospital on September 15, 2010 with a spiral fracture to the right arm, according to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department. A grand jury returned indictment warrants for the child’s father and mother on December 3, 2010.

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A man charged in the death of his 5-month-old daughter was previously convicted of homicide by child abuse, according to court records.The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office charged 42-year-old Daron Duane Davis, of Greer, with homicide by child abuse after the baby died on Sunday.The arrest warrant said that Davis caused injuries to his daughter by using blunt force to her head. He was arrested on Monday.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario — Police are accusing a northern Ontario man of murdering his baby boy last summer. Emergency officials were called to a home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in the early afternoon of Aug. 14, 2010, where a baby was reportedly in distress. Paramedics found the child unresponsive. Liam Thomas Allan Oben, 17 days old, died later that day in hospital. The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service launched a criminal investigation after a post-mortem examination found the baby died of blunt impact head injuries.

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http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/23/16999306.html

Single moms, boyfriends and dead kids:

This newspaper is never lacking for stomach-turning, gut-churning, heartbreaking crime stories. But none flips my outrage switch faster than a report about some mother’s boyfriend abusing and killing her kid. Whom do you judge more harshly, the monster who tortures and batters a small child, or the mom who stupidly left her little one in the care of some cretin she just met? As a parent, I really don’t know. It’s never more than a few months until the next horror story is reported — in Southern Nevada or anywhere else.

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http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/single-moms-boyfriends-and-dead-kids-114443749.html?ref=749

It is almost a rhythmic pattern that every day, a school child is beaten by their teacher somewhere around Zimbabwe. Some are beaten so severely they have to seek medical attention.  Although no figures are yet available to substantiate the extent of this violence, media reports have shown that corporal punishment is still being meted out on pupils in violation of standing rules over the matter. Children are beaten with sticks, whips, rulers, boards and many other objects from pre-school right up to high school.

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http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2011-01-23-corporal-punishment-in-schools-inexcusable

Child trafficking film premiere spotlights grave child rights abuse

NEW YORK – Not my Life, an independent documentary on child exploitation and abuse today premiered at New York’s Lincoln Centre. The film, which was filmed across five continents, looks at the devastating issues of child trafficking, sexual exploitation and child labour. Not My Life features Dr. Nicholas Alipui, UNICEF Director of Programmes, and Dr. Susan Bissell, UNICEF’s Chief Child Protection, who provide insight into the key issues.

“It is important to bring global awareness to these issues. Trafficking of children is a grave violation of their rights, robbing them of their childhood, their well-being, and the opportunity to reach their full potential,” said Dr. Susan Bissell. “Documentaries such as Not my Life are important, because they spotlight abuses that are otherwise often underreported.”

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http://www.iewy.com/14755-child-trafficking-film-premiere-spotlights-grave-child-rights-abuse.html

CALEDONIA, WI – An alleged sexual assault at Olympia Brown Elementary School that went unreported for several weeks may spur state law changes to child abuse reporting requirements. The changes could make more school personnel legally required to report noticeable or suspected child abuse, something that could help abuses be reported sooner instead of taking weeks like in the Olympia Brown case.

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An ex-ambulance worker is guilty of performing sex acts on two children in Shetland. Christopher Readings, 44, from, Oxfordshire, was charged for sexually assaulting a boy and a girl on a number of occasions between 2008 and 2010. A jury of 10 men and four women found him guilty on six charges at the High Court in Aberdeen. The charges include, assault, attempted rape and lewd practices towards children.

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A 50-year-old married machine operator is charged with having sex with three different girls — all under 13 years old. Rodolfo Montemayor of 181 East Clinton Ave. in Bergenfield was arrested Saturday and charged with sexual assault and child endangerment, following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit, which was notified by Bergenfield police.

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A 25-year-old Minnesota woman has been arrested after police say she engaged in sexual acts with two young children and a dog. Krystal Violet Norby, of Stacy, was charged with two counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct, both felonies, and one count of bestiality. The case against Norby initially began shortly before Christmas when authorities in Canada tracked down an unspecified amount of images over a p2p network to Norby’s residence in Hugo.

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SAN BERNARDINO — Police are still searching for the person responsible for disposing the remains of a newborn baby girl in an alley Saturday evening. The remains were discovered Saturday wrapped in black plastic bags in an alley, according to San Bernardino Police officials. The remains were found by a woman who was cleaning the alley behind the 4300 block of N. Sierra Way. According to investigators, the infant still had the umbilical cord attached.

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