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: Sexual Abuse
May30
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
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.…
Mar.29
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Indecency With A Child | Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
In an August 15, 2012 post, we pointed out that “common law has long recognized the fundamental principle that an accused is entitled to be tried solely on the criminal charge leveled against him by the State; that he should…
Aug.06
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Criminal Law | Sexual Abuse
In 2012, a judge in Sacramento placed a 17-year-old rape victim in juvenile detention because she failed to appear in court on two occasions to testify against the suspected 37-year-old serial rapist who abducted and raped her.
Incarcerating Victims…
July31
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Prosecutorial Misconduct | Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
The National Registry of Exonerations has recorded 1855 exonerations to date. Roughly 15 percent of them involved false sexual assault cases. DNA exonerations in the sexual assault cases reveal a much higher percentage of wrongful convictions.
Rape is a…
June04
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
It is not as uncommon as many people think – children do make false allegations of sexual abuse by adults. It’s a subject we have addressed here on a number of occasions (here, here, here, here, and here).
Evidence…
Jan.22
2016
2016
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Three of the nation’s leading insurance companies that insure Protestant churches in America report that they receive roughly 250 reports each year of minors under the age of 18 being sexually molested by people associated with the churches, including clergy.…
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