Sex Crime
U.S. Marshals Rescue Sex Trafficking Victims
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Authorities said they rescued 39 endangered kids in Georgia. Similar operations are ongoing in Ohio and Indiana.
Sex Crime
States Lose Track of 25,000 Sex Offenders
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Sex offender registries are “a bloated, inefficient system that is incredibly expensive to maintain,” a criminologist tells NPR. “I don’t think [the system] really protects anybody.”
Sex Crime
FL Court Calls Taping of Kraft At Massage Parlor Illegal
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft won a ruling from a Florida appeals court saying police improperly used “sneak and peek” warrants to support prostitution charges against 25 men.
Child Abuse
Top Youth Nonprofit Accused as Sex-Abuse ‘Hunting Ground’
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A Philadelphia Inquirer investigation shows that lax controls at Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, the nation’s leading nonprofit health organization specializing in treating children with intellectual disabilities, led to dozens of rapes and sexual assaults of residents as young as 12.
Sex Crime
DOJ Granting $35M to Human Trafficking Survivors
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Attorney General William Barr and Ivanka Trump are announcing details of the grants at a White House event on Tuesday.
Sex Crime
Judge Bars Maxwell Lawyers From Naming Accusers
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The judge presiding over the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with recruiting teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, said Friday that her attorneys are not permitted to identify accusers publicly even if they’ve spoken in a public forum,
Sex Crime
Ghislaine Maxwell Loses Bid to Win Pretrial Freedom
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A federal judge says the “risks are simply too great’ to free Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante pending trial.
Sex Crime
Judge Rejects ‘Phony Settlement’ in Weinstein Case
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Sexual misconduct victims might have received only $11,000 each in a $19 million settlement that would include huge legal fees.
Sex Crime
Feds Reject Ghislaine Maxwell Bail Request
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U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to turn down a $5 million bond proposal by the British socialite, saying it is backed by collateral outside U.S. jurisdiction.
Juvenile Justice
COVID-19 Increases Risk of Sexual Abuse at Florida Juvenile Facilities: Report
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If Florida’s facilities are unable to keep kids safe from sexual abuse under normal circumstances, it seems unlikely they’ll be able to protect them from harm during a global pandemic, warns Jesse Lerner-Kinglake, spokesman for Just Detention International, a nonprofit that combats in-detention sexual abuse.