PRINTABLE PAGE Abused Women Suffer Lasting Effects Originally published by HealthScoutNews, June 7, 2002 Women who suffer domestic abuse appear to face much higher rates of long-term physical and emotional health problems compared to women who have never been abused.…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Teen’s Case To Stay In Adult Court By Rachel GottliebOriginally published in The Hartford Courant, July 21, 2001 Hartford prosecutors decided Friday to try 14-year-old Gregory Wright Jr. as an adult in the killing of his father rather…
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PRINTABLE PAGE The Old Ways, a Modern Tragedy: Albanian and American Values Collide in the Life and Fate of a Missing Local Woman By Jeff Seidel, Free Press Staff WriterOriginally published in the Detroit Free-Press, June 24, 2001 “A woman…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Deal Made in Case of Sex Abuse at Boys Home By Kim SmithOriginally published in the Las Vegas Sun, June 1, 2001 A Las Vegas man accused of sexually abusing five boys at a state-run home for emotionally…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Murder Moots 9th Circuit Case on Asylum for Domestic Violence Victim By Jason HoppinOriginally published by The Recorder, December 10, 2001. A violent murder in Mexico has vacated a groundbreaking 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling establishing…
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PRINTABLE PAGE College Entrance in China: ‘No’ to the Handicapped By Elisabeth RosenthalOriginally published in The New York Times, May 23, 2001 HANGSHA, China — When Liu Wenxiu was growing up in central Hunan province, she never thought of herself…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Blind-Boy Sex Stunner Hicksville teacher’s aide Kathy Tuifel—a mother of two—was charged with having sex with a blind student after her husband Bob caught them in the act, police sources say. By Adam Miller and Tracy ConnorOriginally published…
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PRINTABLE PAGE DAs Link Pet Abuse, Domestic Violence (New York Daily News) By Roberto Santiago, Daily News Staff WriterOriginally published in the New York Daily News, November 5, 2000 Thirty-five New Yorkers who were never punished for beating their lovers…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Nursing Home Predator Gets 2 20-year Terms In an emotional hearing, Thomas Drake Wheeler, 57, was sentenced to two 20-year sentences by 241st District Court Judge Diane DeVasto after pleading guilty to the sexual attacks on two physically…
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PRINTABLE PAGE In Attacks on Disabled, Few Verdicts Despite evidence, law enforcement drops most cases By Raja Mishra, Globe StaffOriginally published in The Boston Globe, June 10, 2001 In Massachusetts, predators have been raping, beating, and robbing the disabled with…