Arizona couple convicted of abusing, imprisoning 3 daughters in home for months
A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to urinate and defecate in...
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A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to urinate and defecate in...
View ArticleParents Guilty Of Imprisoning Daughters Under Extreme Rules
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to...
View ArticleAriz. girl says she couldn’t leave bed or room while imprisoned
TUCSON, Ariz. – The oldest of three sisters who police say were imprisoned by their parents in an Arizona home testified today that she was confined to her bed for months until the younger girls...
View ArticleGirl in imprisonment case recalls beatings by stepfather
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The youngest of three sisters who authorities say were imprisoned in an Arizona home for months testified Thursday that she didn't think her stepfather was going to kill them on...
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On Jan. 31, Kyle Dease, a 26-year-old front desk clerk at the Microtel Inn & Suites in Tuscaloosa, Ala., was working the night shift when a young couple walked into the lobby claiming to have run...
View ArticleCouple Charged over Abuse of 4-Year-Old which Included Burns, Beatings,...
(Source: Lancaster County, PA) A Quarryville couple is in custody on charges regarding repeated abuse of a 4-year-old boy, who was beaten and punished for months, primarily by the woman charged....
View ArticleSystemic Indifference
Summary On April 6, 2015, Raul Ernesto Morales-Ramos, a 44-year-old citizen of El Salvador, died at Palmdale Regional Medical Center in Palmdale, California, of organ failure, with signs of widespread...
View Article“Call Me When He Tries to Kill You”
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View Article“License to Kill”
Summary On the afternoon of October 14, 2016, four masked gunmen stormed the Manila home of Paquito Mejos, a 53-year-old father of five who worked as an electrician on construction sites. An occasional...
View ArticleBoxed In
Summary We all have to live in the borders of the boxes our dads or husbands draw for us. —Zahra, 25-year-old Saudi woman, April 7, 2016 It can mess with your head and the way you look at yourself. How...
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Summary On November 13, 2015 coordinated attacks in Paris at sites including a concert hall and sports stadium killed 130 people and injured hundreds. The extremist armed group Islamic State, also...
View ArticleTrial begins for Gwinnett couple accused of starving autistic daughter
Describing Jade Jacobs’ then-15-year-old autistic daughter as “abused, starved and imprisoned,” Gwinnett County Assistant District Attorney Bobby Wolf laid out the case Wednesday against Jacobs and her...
View ArticleJury mulls case of Arizona couple accused of imprisoning girls
By Bradley Poole TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) - A jury in Arizona was deliberating on Thursday the fate of a mother and stepfather accused of holding three girls in prison-like conditions, regularly beating...
View ArticleHarassed, Imprisoned, Exiled
Summary The government of Azerbaijan continues to wage a vicious crackdown on critics and dissenting voices. The space for independent activism, critical journalism, and opposition political activity...
View ArticleArizona couple in home imprisonment case to be sentenced
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona couple convicted of kidnapping and child abuse for imprisoning their...
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View Article“We Are in Tombs”
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Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Colorado Mug Shots — The Rogues Gallery
Colorado Department of Corrections Brian Scott Pattison, 30, is accused of first-degree murder and first-degree arson in the Rosenberg’s Bagels building fire. Weld County District Court, Ernesto...
View Article“Going to the Toilet When You Want”
Introduction: Sanitation as a Human Right “Nayla” (a pseudonym) was a 52-year-old teacher from Daraa, Syria, when anti-government protests began in March 2011. In 2012, she agreed to transport a...
View Article“Our Time to Sing and Play”
Summary Thirty-seven percent of girls in Nepal marry before age 18 and 10 percent are married by age 15, in spite of the fact that the minimum age of marriage under Nepali law is 20 years of age. Boys...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
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View ArticleArizona couple convicted of imprisoning, abusing daughters
By Bradley Poole TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) - A jury convicted an Arizona couple of kidnapping and child abuse on Friday after a trial in which their three daughters described being beaten and held in...
View ArticleSentencing delayed in child abuse case
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of an Arizona couple convicted of imprisoning and abusing their daughters for months. (all times local): 2:25 p.m. The sentencing of an Arizona couple...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View ArticleArizona parents found guilty after 3 girls made to eat rancid food, use...
TUCSON, Ariz. — A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to urinate...
View ArticleArizona couple convicted of imprisoning daughters
A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to urinate and defecate in...
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