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Despite the emerging field of research on females who engage in contact child sexual abuse offenses, we know little about females who engage in child sexua
We filed a motion that the crime did not meet the requirements for rape in the trial court, but the judge overruled us and said it did. The Ohio Supreme Court said it did not. I'm not sure what to do at this point. She is going to be re-sentenced now for a GSI. Can she sue...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial, but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the sentencing and the potential for a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process. And all the ...
At the centencing, the court clerk announced, "The crime of rape of a child in the 2nd degree is classified as the most serious offense." As she pleaded guilty to child rape, LeTourneau appeared remorseful. At the 1997 sentencing hearing, she said, "It was wrong, and I am sorry. I ...
The facts of this reality — which, it cannot be denied, sounds like something from the fantasies of the most lurid racist — have now been confirmed multiple times by judges during sentencing and also by the most mainstream investigative journalists in the country." "On New Year’s Eve, ...
On multiple occasions since, the judge in the case, Lewis Kaplan, has written that the abuse was rape in "common modern parlance," if not under the strict interpretation of the state's penal code. In September, Kaplan ruled that Trump was liable for defamation in the case going to trial...
A Los Angeles jury has found “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of rape and failed to reach a verdict on a third woman's sexual abuse allegations. A deadlocked jury led to a mistrial for Masterson at his first trial in Decembe
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“Although the (death penalty) is used very selectively, the aggravated facts of Bernardo’s case would certainly cause prosecutors to seek the death penalty if state law allowed it,” said Richard Frase, a law professor and sentencing expert at the University of Minnesota. ...