PRINTABLE PAGE Experts Say Restraining Orders Won’t Stop Killers By Franci RichardsonOriginally published in The Boston Herald, March 28, 2002 A restraining order by itself won’t save the life of victims like Dorothy Giunta-Cotter, whose high-school sweetheart husband was intent…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hillard Moves to Fire Cops in 911 Call 2 officers ‘failed’ victim, chief says By Eric Ferkenhoff and Shia Kapos, Tribune staff reportersTribune staff reporter Matt Walberg contributed to this reportOriginally published in the Chicago Tribune July 3,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ex-Coach Gets Jail in Stalking Woman given 18 months for not staying away By Marie McCainOriginally published in The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 26, 2001 Only prison will help control a volunteer boys soccer coach convicted of stalking a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Phila. Archdiocese Dismisses Priests 6 dismissed in pre-emptive move; reaction to Boston scandal Originally published by Reuters, February 23, 2002 PHILADELPHIA — Responding to a child molestation scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church in the United…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Cops Didn’t Think Arlia a Threat By Richard Lewis, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, March 15, 2002 COVENTRY, RI (AP) — Russell Arlia was well known to police in Coventry. He’d run afoul of the…
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U.S. courtroom dogs spark legal debate By Dan Wiessner Originally published by Reuters, September 12, 2011 HUDSON, New York — Simon is only three years old but already an indispensable staffer at his office, where he has displayed a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Child-Abuse Inquiries Up by 60%;Reached Record of 18,804 Last Year Originally published in The Japan Times, June 22, 2001 The number of consultations on child abuse rose to a record 18,804 in fiscal 2000, 60 percent higher than…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Social Workers Skeptical About Funding to Fight Child Prostitution in Ontario By Amy CarmichaelOriginally published by the Canadian Press, May 16, 2001 TORONTO (CP) — Ontario says it will sweep the province’s streets of child prostitutes by allowing…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Judge Rejects S.F. Man’s Defense of Emotional Support Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff WriterOriginally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2002 Ever since Guy Lowe rescued Sophie from the pound where she was about to be euthanized,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Nursing Home Abuse Goes Unreported Originally published by Reuters Health, March 4, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters Health) — Some cases of physical and sexual abuse in American nursing homes are going unreported to police and regulatory authorities because…