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Category: Crimes Against Children | Criminal Law | Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Following the horrendous kidnapping and murder of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005, Florida enacted Jessica’s Law. The statute was intended to create tough penalties for sex offenders, such as 25-year minimum sentences for certain offenses and a lifetime of electronic…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
The sports world is still reeling from the Larry Nassar scandal—the tragic saga about the once well-respected doctor for the USA National Gymnastics team who was charged in 2016 with criminal sexual conduct against the very athletes he was supposed…
Category: Corruption | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking | Sexual Abuse
U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra recently issued a ruling that federal prosecutors who negotiated a 2008 plea deal with billionaire Jeffery Epstein violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 (“CVRA”). Judge Marra ruled that the…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Michigan state court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina recently sentenced Dr. Lawrence Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison in the wake of 156 women and girls, mostly gymnasts, telling the court that the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State…
Category: Sex Crimes Against Children | Sexual Abuse
Statutory rape is sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent. In colonial-era America, the age of consent was 10 in some states, while 12 in others. This remained the case until the 1890s when a coalition of…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Texas has always maintained a colorful love affair with prostitutes. The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) informs that as early as 1817 when Texas was still a Spanish province, prostitutes were distributing their wares in San Antonio (known as San…
Category: Sex Crimes Against Children | Sexual Abuse
According to by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, the state of Texas has a “plague” in its school system—improper relationships between educators and students. Reportedly, this plague has been spreading since 2010.
In a January 2015 article, the Washington Post reported…
Category: Human Trafficking | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking | Sexual Abuse
Crimes against children, especially sex offenses, receive more significant law enforcement attention that other criminal offenses. Texas is on the precipice of establishing a special unit specifically designed to handle child sex and human trafficking cases.
Last month Texas…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Under Texas law, a person who commits two or more acts of sexual abuse against a child younger than 14 years of age, during a period that is 30 days or more, can be tried and convicted for “continuous sexual…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Sexual Abuse | Tax Evasion | White Collar Crime
What is abuse of power?
That question has become increasingly important to Americans. A new Quinnipiac poll shows that 54 percent of the people in this country believe that President Donald Trump is abusing the power of the presidency.…
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