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Oklahoma: Life in Prison for Hash, 1 Year for Child Rape?

Posted by Sandra On May - 1 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

While I was out at the NORML Conference, this bombshell of a story exploded in Oklahoma: OKLAHOMA CITY — Converting marijuana to hashish could land Oklahomans a life prison sentence under a bill approved in the Oklahoma Senate. Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman Mark Woodward said the goal of the bill is to “send a message” that illegal drugs won’t be tolerated in Oklahoma. Conviction of a first offense of cooking hashish would result in a prison sentence from two years to life in prison. Sentences would be doubled under a second offense, and those convicted would not be eligible for a suspended sentence or probation.

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New Delhi Judge: Castrate Serial Rapists

Posted by Sandra On May - 1 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

New Delhi: Serial or child rapists should be castrated – this is what Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau recommended as she heard a case where a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather for four years. “The Indian legislatures are yet to take notice of this alarming situation and address the issue with all seriousness by exploring the possibility of alternative sentences of surgical castration or chemical castration, particularly in cases of minors, serial offenders and child molesters,” she said.

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Many Warning Signs Prior To Infant’s Death

Posted by Sandra On May - 1 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Gatluak Jerweng sits behind a computer showing his dead son Duach. He cares for daughters Savannah, 4, (left), Bhan, 3, (right) and son, Liah, 9 months.

She locked herself and her three small children in the bathroom all night, waking the neighbors with their screaming. She covered the windows with blankets and barricaded the door with furniture to stop intruders she believed would kill her.If the truth were laid bare, Gatluak Jerweng believes everyone would see he tried desperately to save his kids from their seriously mentally ill mother.

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Sexual Violence Protection Act

Posted by Sandra On April - 29 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Sexual violence survivors deserve protection

Under the current state law, most victims do not have access to civil protection orders unless their assailant is someone with whom they have an existing intimate relationship, they have reported the attack and the case is being pursued for criminal prosecution. If Senate Bill 58, The Sexual Violence Protection Act, is passed, that will change. Sexual violence affects everyone regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, ability and sexual orientation. Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population has experienced some form of sexual violence ranging from rape and child sexual abuse to human trafficking and sexual harassment.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ydr.com/letters/ci_17958754

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Ex-Deputy Charged With Kidnapping, Child Rape

Posted by Sandra On April - 29 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

WAVERLY, Ohio — A former Pike County sheriff’s deputy is indicted on five felony charges in connection with a child who was younger than 10. Clyde Franklin Sanders Jr. was indicted on two kidnapping charges, one gross sexual imposition charge, and one endangering children charge. Sanders was the chief deputy under former Pike County Sheriff Larry Travis.

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Parents Kept Child Locked In ‘Cage’

Posted by Sandra On April - 29 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Parents charged with felony child abuse; mom charged with attempted murder

GLOUCESTER — Investigators in Gloucester took a girl from a residence on Thursday night after finding her emaciated and being kept in a crib that had been modified to form a cage. The girl, who police believe is 5 or 6 years old, was removed from the residence on Carrie Lane in Hayes. Lt. Scott Little of the Gloucester Police Department said in a prepared statement the girl was “extremely malnourished and suffering from severe starvation.”

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Choir Director Accused Of Raping Teen

Posted by Sandra On April - 29 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Joseph Jermaine Spencer

MURRIETA, CA– Authorities say a choir director at a Temecula church — who was previously convicted of a sex crime — has been arrested on accusations of raping a 16-year-old girl. On Monday, the teen told police that her church choir director sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions at his home in Murrieta, according to Murrieta Police Department officials.

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