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Charity: Aid workers raping, abusing children
who:Children as young as 6
what:Humanitarian aid workers and United Nation peacekeepers are sexually abusing small children in war-ravaged countries, a leading European charity has said.
where:LONDON, England
when:Tuesday.
how it happened:Children as young as 6 have been forced to have sex with aid workers and peacekeepers in return for food and money, Save the Children UK said in a report released Tuesdaya 15-year-old girl from Haiti told researchers: "My friends and I were walking by the National Palace one evening when we encountered a couple of humanitarian men. The men called us over and showed us their penises.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
may 20,08
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Homeless woman suffocates in sand; 3 held
who:53-year-old Patricia Ann Kalbskopf.
what:A homeless woman has died of suffocation after being buried by three men on a California beach -- a fate her family described as her greatest fear
where:OCEANO, California
when:doesnt say
how it happened: Three men were being held on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death Wednesday of 53-year-old Patricia Ann Kalbskopf.
They allegedly poured sand over her while she was passed out drunk at some dunes along the state's central coast.
Investigators say they don't believe the men, who were also drinking, intended to kill Kalbskopf, but their actions resulted in her death.
Kalbskopf's niece, Lisa Cruz, said her aunt's fear of burial was so acute she made the family promise to cremate her after her death. The family plans to honor the request. Men are charged with manslaughter
Homeless woman suffocates in sand; 3 held
who:53-year-old Patricia Ann Kalbskopf.
what:A homeless woman has died of suffocation after being buried by three men on a California beach -- a fate her family described as her greatest fear
where:OCEANO, California
when:doesnt say
how it happened: Three men were being held on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death Wednesday of 53-year-old Patricia Ann Kalbskopf.
They allegedly poured sand over her while she was passed out drunk at some dunes along the state's central coast.
Investigators say they don't believe the men, who were also drinking, intended to kill Kalbskopf, but their actions resulted in her death.
Kalbskopf's niece, Lisa Cruz, said her aunt's fear of burial was so acute she made the family promise to cremate her after her death. The family plans to honor the request. Men are charged with manslaughter
Monday, May 19, 2008
may 19,08
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Age of pregnant FLDS 'girls' disputed
who: many women in the south west
what:When Texas child welfare authorities released statistics showing nearly 60 percent of the teen girls taken from a polygamist sect's ranch were pregnant or had children, they seemed to prove what was alleged all along: The sect commonly pushed girls into marriage and sex
where:SAN ANTONIO
when:April
how it happened:But in the past week, the state has twice been forced to admit "girls" who gave birth while in state custody are actually adults. One was 22 and said she showed state officials a Utah birth certificate shortly after she and more than 400 minors were seized from the West Texas ranch in an April raid.
The state has in custody two dozen other young mothers and others whose ages are in dispute. If most of them also turn out to be adults, it would be a severe blow to the state's claim of widespread sexual abuse.
If it turns out the other 24 disputed minors are adults, the number of actual 14- to 17-year-old girls with children could drop to as low as five or six. That would amount to about one-fifth of the girls that age found at the ranch -- substantially higher than the average rate of teen pregnancies in Texas but a far cry from 60 percent.
"It's not widespread, and you've got to look at every family individually to determine whether there's a problem in a family," said Rod Parker, a spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the renegade Mormon sect that runs the ranch.
Age of pregnant FLDS 'girls' disputed
who: many women in the south west
what:When Texas child welfare authorities released statistics showing nearly 60 percent of the teen girls taken from a polygamist sect's ranch were pregnant or had children, they seemed to prove what was alleged all along: The sect commonly pushed girls into marriage and sex
where:SAN ANTONIO
when:April
how it happened:But in the past week, the state has twice been forced to admit "girls" who gave birth while in state custody are actually adults. One was 22 and said she showed state officials a Utah birth certificate shortly after she and more than 400 minors were seized from the West Texas ranch in an April raid.
The state has in custody two dozen other young mothers and others whose ages are in dispute. If most of them also turn out to be adults, it would be a severe blow to the state's claim of widespread sexual abuse.
If it turns out the other 24 disputed minors are adults, the number of actual 14- to 17-year-old girls with children could drop to as low as five or six. That would amount to about one-fifth of the girls that age found at the ranch -- substantially higher than the average rate of teen pregnancies in Texas but a far cry from 60 percent.
"It's not widespread, and you've got to look at every family individually to determine whether there's a problem in a family," said Rod Parker, a spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the renegade Mormon sect that runs the ranch.
Friday, May 16, 2008
may 16,08
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what:A Missouri mom was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in the death of a teen who killed herself over a failed Internet romance that turned out to be a hoax
where:LOS ANGELES, California
who:Lori Drew (49), The girl, Megan Meier,
when:Thursday
how it happened:The girl, Megan Meier, committed suicide after her online love interest spurned her, according to prosecutors, telling her the world would be a better place without her.
Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.
The indictment, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accuses Drew and others of registering on MySpace as "Josh Evans" and using the account to lure Meier into an an online romance.
what:A Missouri mom was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in the death of a teen who killed herself over a failed Internet romance that turned out to be a hoax
where:LOS ANGELES, California
who:Lori Drew (49), The girl, Megan Meier,
when:Thursday
how it happened:The girl, Megan Meier, committed suicide after her online love interest spurned her, according to prosecutors, telling her the world would be a better place without her.
Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.
The indictment, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accuses Drew and others of registering on MySpace as "Josh Evans" and using the account to lure Meier into an an online romance.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
may 14,08
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Teen gets life in prison for gruesome killing
who:Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18
what:A teenager convicted of killing a man, then beheading him and setting fire to his body in what prosecutors called a thrill killing was sentenced Monday to life in prison without par
where:DETROIT, Michigan
when:doesnt say
how it happened:"I am grateful that you are going away for the rest of your life, because in my view I believe you will kill again," Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Annette Berry said.
Orlewicz was convicted last month of first-degree murder in the November 7 slaying of Daniel Sorensen, 26, in Canton Township.
Sorensen's father, James Sorensen, called the killing "the ultimate act of cowardice."
As James Sorensen choked back tears, he told the court: "My son was a victim of a person seeking a trophy."
The defense had argued that Orlewicz killed the much larger Sorensen in self defense and mutilated the body because he feared reprisal by organized crime figures.
Teen gets life in prison for gruesome killing
who:Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18
what:A teenager convicted of killing a man, then beheading him and setting fire to his body in what prosecutors called a thrill killing was sentenced Monday to life in prison without par
where:DETROIT, Michigan
when:doesnt say
how it happened:"I am grateful that you are going away for the rest of your life, because in my view I believe you will kill again," Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Annette Berry said.
Orlewicz was convicted last month of first-degree murder in the November 7 slaying of Daniel Sorensen, 26, in Canton Township.
Sorensen's father, James Sorensen, called the killing "the ultimate act of cowardice."
As James Sorensen choked back tears, he told the court: "My son was a victim of a person seeking a trophy."
The defense had argued that Orlewicz killed the much larger Sorensen in self defense and mutilated the body because he feared reprisal by organized crime figures.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
may 13,08
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Rape victim pushes for expanded DNA database
who:Laura Neuman
what:Laura Neuman was raped when she was 18 years old. It took nearly 20 years to identify her attacker, even though he'd been arrested six times before her attack and at least six times afterward.
where:WASHINGTON
when:nearly 20 years ago
what happened:Alphonso Hill pleaded guilty in September 2002 to raping Neuman and was sent to prison for 15 years. A DNA sample, taken in prison, led to charges in six other rape cases.
Police say he's also a suspect in at least 20 rapes in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. Hill denies raping any women besides Neuman, and his lawyer wouldn't comment.
If Hill is eventually proven guilty, Neuman believes that he could have been stopped.
"He could have been caught sooner if DNA had been taken and he had been matched to the cases that were unsolved," she said.
"For me, it would have made a profound difference in having the case solved sooner and for many of these women, their cases would have been solved sooner."
Rape victim pushes for expanded DNA database
who:Laura Neuman
what:Laura Neuman was raped when she was 18 years old. It took nearly 20 years to identify her attacker, even though he'd been arrested six times before her attack and at least six times afterward.
where:WASHINGTON
when:nearly 20 years ago
what happened:Alphonso Hill pleaded guilty in September 2002 to raping Neuman and was sent to prison for 15 years. A DNA sample, taken in prison, led to charges in six other rape cases.
Police say he's also a suspect in at least 20 rapes in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. Hill denies raping any women besides Neuman, and his lawyer wouldn't comment.
If Hill is eventually proven guilty, Neuman believes that he could have been stopped.
"He could have been caught sooner if DNA had been taken and he had been matched to the cases that were unsolved," she said.
"For me, it would have made a profound difference in having the case solved sooner and for many of these women, their cases would have been solved sooner."
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
may 7, 08
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Georgia killer executed after lethal injection moratorium
who:William Earl Lynd
what:A Georgia man convicted of kidnapping and killing his girlfriend was executed Tuesday.
where:ATLANTA, Georgia
when:Tuesday.
how it happened:William Earl Lynd was the first inmate to die by injection since September, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the three-drug combination represented cruel and unusual punishment.
The process began at 7:34 p.m. and ended 17 minutes later at 7:51 p.m., said Paul Czachowski, public affairs manager for the Georgia Department of Corrections. "The condemned declined to make a last statement or accept a prayer; he remained quiet and calm throughout the whole procedure," he said.
Lynd, 53, had requested as his last meal two pepper jack BBQ burgers with crisp onions, two baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon and cheese and a large strawberry milkshake -- all from a local restaurant.
Georgia killer executed after lethal injection moratorium
who:William Earl Lynd
what:A Georgia man convicted of kidnapping and killing his girlfriend was executed Tuesday.
where:ATLANTA, Georgia
when:Tuesday.
how it happened:William Earl Lynd was the first inmate to die by injection since September, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the three-drug combination represented cruel and unusual punishment.
The process began at 7:34 p.m. and ended 17 minutes later at 7:51 p.m., said Paul Czachowski, public affairs manager for the Georgia Department of Corrections. "The condemned declined to make a last statement or accept a prayer; he remained quiet and calm throughout the whole procedure," he said.
Lynd, 53, had requested as his last meal two pepper jack BBQ burgers with crisp onions, two baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon and cheese and a large strawberry milkshake -- all from a local restaurant.
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