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Here’s a story that we feel is important. But what’s most important is what was left out. Convicted Louisiana pedophile Francis Phillip Tullier volunteers to be castrated to get out of jail By Aliyah Shahid As published March 05,…
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Every so often, a news story strikes us as so wrong that we have to comment. That’s what we’ve done—below, in the red boxes—with this story. 2nd Circuit Faults Pornography Enhancements, Vacates Sentence By Mark Hamblett As published May…
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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone blames homosexuality – not celibacy – for child abuse sex scandal By Michael Sheridan As published April 13, 2010, by The (New York) Daily News “Pedophiles are not ‘homosexuals.’ We would not call a man who…
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Ex-Penn prof gets 25 years for child porn, lies By Maryclaire Dale, AP Originally published by Comcast.net News, September 29, 2009 PHILADELPHIA — A longtime Ivy League professor preyed on vulnerable teenage boys at home and abroad as he pursued…
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China babies ‘sold for adoption’Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.Originally published by BBC News, July 2, 2009 An investigation by the state-owned Southern…
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Leading Tiananmen Square dissident arrestedOriginally published by www.CNN.com, June 24, 2009 BEIJING, China (CNN) — Well-known dissident Liu Xiaobo was arrested in China for alleged subversive activities, a state run media agency reported. Liu, a former university lecturer and literary…
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Shell to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Nigerian CaseBy Jad MouawadOriginally published by The New York Times, June 9, 2009 Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking…
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Allegations of Corporate Crimes Against Humanity Going to TrialBy Mark Hamblett, New York Law JournalOriginally published by www.law.com, May 7, 2009 A federal judge has cleared one of the last obstacles to a May trial for families of Nigerian environmental…
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Clinton: Chinese human rights can’t interfere with other crises Originally published by cnn.com, February 22, 2009 BEIJING, China (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broached the issue of human rights with Chinese leaders on Saturday, but emphasized that…