Category: Predators
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A 2022 federal law lets sexual assault claims go to court despite such clauses. Roblox says it does not apply because the abusers were third parties. About 180 federal lawsuits accuse the platform of letting adults find and groom children. None of the claims has been tested at trial. Families’ responses are due Oct. 27,…
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The attorney general says leaders of three dioceses covered up abuse. Worcester diocese still refuses to name accused priests as attorney general presses. The bill that would let clergy abuse survivors sue has sat still since July 31.
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Los Angeles prosecutors declined to charge him three times before 2022, records show. Women reported to police as early as 2014.The case reached court only after the women found each other.
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Seven women say a former physical therapist abused them during treatment, and that staff at the county’s only hospital were told as early as 2007. California’s crime of sexually exploiting a patient covers doctors and psychotherapists, not physical therapists.
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In Illinois, a conviction for secretly recording a minor ends a teaching license but does not require sex-offender registration. Federal standards list video voyeurism; a 2016 review found Illinois had not adopted them.
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Zero Dark Tony’s conviction, sentence, and later dismissal. Recent statements confirm the record. Here we give the full account.
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After approving the release of Gregory Vogelsang, a parole board delayed its final decision following public outcry and political pressure. The case has now triggered a wave of proposed reforms—and exposed how California’s parole system responds when its decisions are brought into the open.
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A 355-year sentence was meant to ensure Gregory Vogelsang would never be released. Decades later, California’s parole system has approved his release, exposing a deeper contradiction in how the state defines punishment and risk.