Tag Archive for ‘child’
Hung Jury in Police Assualt on Teen Girl
Seattle, WA: The jury in the criminal prosecution of former Deputy Sheriff Paul Schene was unable to reach a verdict on charges stemming from the former deputy’s assault on a 15 year old Malika Calhoun. The jury had deliberated only two days. The alleged assault took place November 29, 2008 at 4:39 am, according to [...]
An Open Letter to Ronald Gold
Last week, The Bilerico Project welcomed their newest contributing writer, Ronald Gold, co-founder of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and a gay rights activist for decades. What became clear, in his very first article, was that he had no concept as to just how inclusive Bilerico is. The article, one of the most transphobic I have ever seen outside of the usual religious extremist sites and publications, was pulled shortly after it appeared, along with the hundreds of angry replies to it.
US Alone, Still won’t Ratify UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The United States has taken over 15 years now “to undertaking a thorough and thoughtful review of the Convention of the Rights of the Child”. Meanwhile, a report of child abuse is officially recorded every 10 seconds. More than 28,000 have died waiting for the United States to sign the treaty and act upon it since Clinton signed the treaty.
Hollywood Comes to Aid of Fugitive Child Rapist
In 1977, Roman Polanski, then age 44, drugged, raped, and sodomized a 13 year old girl he had lured to the home of Jack Nicholson under the pretense of a photography session for Vogue Magazine.
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