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PRINTABLE PAGE Nursing Home Abuse Unlike Other Crimes By Larry Margasak, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, March 3, 2002 WASHINGTON — In a videotaped deathbed interview, Helen Love sat with a metal band pinned to her skull…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Leprosy Patients in Japan Gain Respect Culture: Long-suffering outcasts win damages and a court finding that their rights were violated. By Mark Magnier, Times Staff WriterOriginally published in the Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2001 KAGOSHIMA, Japan —…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ex-Pupils Seek Payback for Abuse at Deaf School By Meadow Rue Merrill, Globe CorrespondentOriginally published in The Boston Globe, June 11, 2001 PORTLAND, Maine — Peter Martineau said that when he was 5 years old and wet his…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Neighbors Reported Abuse Before Disabled Boy Died By Shana Gruskin, Staff WriterOriginally published in the Sun Sentinel November 9, 2001 On July 14, the day the disabled boy who lived across the street died, Jovana Gomez angrily called…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Nursing-Home Assaults Skyrocket in Mass. By Kay LazarOriginally published in The Boston Herald, March 17, 2002 Reports of sexual and physical assaults on nursing-home residents—often by other patients—have risen dramatically in Massachusetts over the last several years, a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ethics & Orphans Part 2: An Experiment Leaves a Lifetime of Anguish The study’s young victims were left in ignorance, to cope alone. Experts debate whether the benefits justified the harm. By Jim DyerOriginally published in The San…
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PRINTABLE PAGE State Awards Rape Victim $7.6 Million By Jim Ash, Palm Beach Post Staff WriterOriginally published in The Palm Beach Post, June 6, 2002 TALLAHASSEE — After agonizing for days, Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday signed a bill awarding…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Mistreating Misbehavers? By John WelshOriginally published in the Pioneer Press, May 31, 2002 Stories of special-education children repeatedly handcuffed in front of classmates, sent to “time-out rooms” for long periods and disciplined in other ways for misbehavior have…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Teen Death Ruled Homicide Probe targets two other fatalities at handicap centers By Steve OlafsonOriginally published in the Houston Chronicle, May 14, 2002 ANGLETON — The death of a 15-year-old girl at a residential treatment center for the…