A 50 year prison sentence this week for 52-year-old Kenneth Carson of Poland, who has been convicted on child molestation charges.  Carson was found guilty on charges that he performed various sexual acts with a 3-year-old boy.

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Austrian television host Natascha Kampusch, who is known for her abduction at the age of 10, will be releasing her autobiography detailing the ordeal she went through at the hands of her kidnapper.

Kampusch, 22, who had been kidnapped by Wolfgang Priklopil, will publish her book, titled ‘3,096 Days’ in reference to the amount of time she was held captive, on September 8.

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A South Valley mother is accused of child abuse after deputies say she and her young children were found living in deplorable conditions. Bernalillo County deputies checked the home of 30-year-old Francine Douglas as part of “Operation Safe Child.”

Douglas lives at the home near Isleta and Arenal in Southwest Albuquerque with three children ages one, two, and three.

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Henry County investigators say the incident happened in this home, which led to the boy’s father being arrested for child abuse. Wednesday night they responded to a 911 call in the Axton area of Henry County on Stoney Mountain Road.  Police say they found a 3 month old baby boy with a broken arm and he was taken to the hospital.

Henry County Police also say they discovered the baby had several fractured ribs from an unreported incident three weeks earlier.  According to police, the child got the fractured ribs back on August 12th.

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http://www2.wsls.com/news/2010/sep/05/martinsville-man-charged-w-felony-child-abuse-ar-488516/

Durham, N.C. — Gina Marie Watring, who was a teacher’s aide at Durham’s Creekside Elementary School, pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with a 10-year-old student. She was sentenced to up to six and a half years in jail, following by three years probation.

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CRESTVIEW – A 20-year-old woman was recently arrested with felony child abuse after she allegedly broke a 1-year-old boy’s arm earlier this year.

About 5 p.m. March 20, Crystal Ann Williams of the 2900 block of Cosson Circle brought the child into the emergency room at North Okaloosa Medical Center, saying he wouldn’t move his left arm, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. A doctor asked her what caused the injury, and Williams said she didn’t know.

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http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/woman-32571-arm-year.html

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (KABC) — A Van Nuys man has been sentenced to death for torturing and killing his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter and abusing the girl’s 6-year-old brother.

In July, a jury convicted 29-year-old Antonio Rodriguez of the first-degree murder of Desarie Saravia. She died on Nov. 12, 2004, after being sexually assaulted and beaten in the women’s restroom at Hasley Canyon Park in Castaic.

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http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7649281

Exploring the link between animal cruelty and violence

While those of us who love animals see all cruelty toward them as disturbing, a growing body of research shows that there is very good reason for everyone to be concerned. It turns out there is a strong link between animal abuse and serious crimes, including drug trafficking, domestic violence, rape and homicide.

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http://www.rgj.com/article/20100904/NEIGHBORHOODS/9040308/1247/Exploring-the-link-between-animal-cruelty-and-violence

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of cases of child abuse has increased this year and the more worrying problem is that the number in reality is much higher because many families do not report cases of abuse to the police, said Dam Huu Dac, standing deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

A total of 704 children were abused in the first six months of this year, an increase of three times compared with the same period three years ago, Dac said. As many as 13.5 per cent of abused children were under six years old, and 37.2 per cent of them between six and 13 years old.

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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/201009/Child-abuse-more-common-than-data-suggests-933520/

SANTA ANA — A notorious convicted child molester, who became the public face of Megan’s Law in the 1990s, is making another bid for freedom.

Sid Landau, 70, has filed a petition for another trial. It would be the fourth such trial for Landau in two years.

A judge will decide this month whether to grant the petition.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/local/ktla-sid-landau-seeks-release,0,5898618.story