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JUNE 2008
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June 27, 2008 |
Behind Closed Doors: Some Calif. Schools
Locking Children In Closets |
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here) |
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June 25, 2008 |
House Approves Legislation to Stop Child
Abuse in Teen Residential Programs - HR 6358 (previously HR 5876) |
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here) |
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June 19, 2008 |
Autistic boy likely suffocated: coroner's
report |
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here) |
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June 18, 2008 |
Father sues over face-down restraint of
autistic boy |
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here) |
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June 14, 2008 |
Block Island officials defend room in
school basement |
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here) |
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June 13, 2008 |
School of Shock: Eight states are sending
autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids to a facility
that punishes them with painful electric shocks. How many times do you
have to zap a child before it's torture?
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May 2008
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May 20, 2008 |
'Fat School' In the Hills of North
Carolina, a Controversial Experiment in Weight Loss |
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here) |
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May 15, 2008 |
House panel passes tougher law on
wilderness therapy programs |
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here) |
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May 15, 2008 |
Teen's Neighbor Charged in Death
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May 9, 2008 |
Wider use of methadone to ease pain is
proving deadly |
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here) |
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May 8, 2008 |
When is "Tough Love" Torture? |
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here) |
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May 5, 2008 |
Aunt: Girls took pills through night
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May 3, 2008 |
Girl who OD'd at KidsPeace dies |
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here) |
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May 2, 2008 |
Coroner: Teen dies after methadone
overdose at KidsPeace |
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here) |
April 2008
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April 29, 2008 |
Schoolteacher in heat? Woman arrested
thrice |
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here) |
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April 24, 2008 |
Congress Takes Aim at Abusive Teen
Programs House Bill Would Curb Worst Abuses |
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here) |
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April 24, 008 |
Marketing of boot camps under
congressional scrutiny |
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here) |
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April 24, 2008 |
Teen boot camp hearing targets Missouri
agency |
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here) |
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April 22, 2008 |
Teen 'Boot Camps' Again in Spotlight |
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here) |
March 2008
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March 26, 2008 |
Government to probe Tranquility Bay |
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here) |
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March 26, 2008 |
Cayman Minister orders Tranquility Bay
probe |
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here) |
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March 26, 2008 |
Custody Case Over Son Of Hatzalah
Executive Suit alleges 16-year-old ‘being abused’ at Jamaica facility |
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here) |
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March 6, 2008 |
Tranquility Bay: helping or harming
Cayman's youth? |
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here) |
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March 5, 2008 |
No more shock therapy for D.C. special
education youth |
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here) |
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March 4, 2008 |
DC Bill Aims to Stop Shock Therapy for
Children |
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March 4, 2008 |
NYC Cops Charged With Teen Abandonment
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February 2008
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February 28, 2008 |
Tranquility Bay: Youth pleads to get out
of rehab |
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February 20, 2008 |
Troubled youth facility on horizon |
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February 18, 2008 |
Tukwila teen a monk no more |
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February 17, 2008 |
Child abuse by the government |
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here) |
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February/March 2008 |
People of the Year - Jonathan's parents
fight for rights of children with autism |
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here) |
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February 15, 2008 |
First anniversary of Jonathan Carey's
death |
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here) |
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February 9, 2008 |
Report: Third student targeted in
shock-prank |
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JANUARY 2008
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January 25, 2008 |
5 Year old handcuffed by school |
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DECEMBER 2007
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December 18, 2007 |
Prank Call Led To Shock Treatment Disabled
Persons Protection Committee Investigating |
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December 14, 2007 |
Group slams authorities over Swan Valley |
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December 4, 2007 |
Teen inmates pepper-sprayed on videotape |
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December 2, 2007 |
Study: Immaturity May Spark Teen Crime |
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here) |
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December 2, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON: Protesters march
against verdict in teen's boot camp death |
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here) |
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December 1, 2007 |
State drops child abuse charges |
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NOVEMBER 2007
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November 27, 2007 |
Teen's death sparks prison furor
Guards, supervisor face criminal charges |
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here) |
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November 27, 2007 |
Former counselor pleads guilty to assault
charges |
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here) |
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November 27, 2007 |
More time needed to evaluate mandatory
detox for youth conference |
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November 20, 2007 |
Former teen center worker arrested for sex
crimes |
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November 20, 2007 |
School’s co-founder sentenced |
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here) |
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November 20, 2007 |
Randall Hinton: School director gets 25
days in assault case |
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here) |
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November 19, 2007 |
Jesuits settle Alaska sexual abuse cases |
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here) |
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November 15, 2007 |
SummitQuest announces policy changes |
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here) |
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November 12, 2007 |
Probation officer accused of child abuse |
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November 12, 2007 |
More Details on Chad Youth Death |
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here) |
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November 11, 2007 |
Study Debunks Theory On Teen Sex,
Delinquency New Analyses Challenging Many Old Assumptions |
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here) |
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November 8, 2007 |
FBI investigating teen's death at Missouri
boot camp |
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here) |
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November 8, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY: Parents call for changes
in abuse law
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here) |
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November 8, 2007 |
JONATHAN CALDWELL: Alabama Teen Convicted in Marianna |
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here) |
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November 7, 2007 |
COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL: Kids forced to
eat their own vomit |
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here) |
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November 7, 2007 |
JONATHAN CALDWELL: Mark Caldwell distraught over son’s
conviction |
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here) |
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November 7, 2007 |
FLORIDA DJJ CAICA REPORT: Abuse and deaths in the
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) system |
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here) |
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November 7, 2007 |
JUSTIN CALDWELL: Jury finds Caldwell guilty of battery in
Dozier officer |
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here) |
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November 7, 2007 |
Closed college continues to raise
questions of accountability |
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here) |
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November 6, 2007 |
School police officer found "not
guilty" of assaulting student |
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here) |
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November 6, 2007 |
Mazzeo acquitted of assault and harassment
charges |
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here) |
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November 6, 2007 |
College being sued for $1 billion
Class-action suit claims form |
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here) |
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November 4, 2007 |
Expanding autism help on Long Island |
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here) |
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November 2, 2007 |
Alleged teenage victim testifies in former
corrections officer rape trial |
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here) |
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November 1, 2007 |
Rose Moore - Child advocate Claims Abuse By School Police |
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here) |
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November 1, 2007 |
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: Woman alleges ill
treatment |
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OCTOBER 2007
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October 31, 2007 |
Oprah's school under scanner for girl
child abuse |
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here) |
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October 28, 2007 |
Judge Rotenberg Center: Shock tactics |
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here) |
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October 27, 2007 |
Degree inspires little faith Florida's
juvenile justice chief draws praise. But his degree doesn't. |
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here) |
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October 26, 2007 |
Youth ranch details policies after boy's
allegation |
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here) |
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October 25, 2007 |
Chairman Miller Statement on GAO Referral
to FBI in Death of Child at Missouri Residential Program
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here) |
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October 2007 |
What Horses Taught Monty Roberts About
Wisdom In Parenting |
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here) |
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October 22, 2007 |
Oprah Flies to South Africa Amid
Allegations of Sexual Misconduct at Her School |
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here) |
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October 20, 2007 |
Panel visits Southwest Florida to look at
reasons for juvenile crime |
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here) |
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October 20, 2007 |
Hastings troubled-youth facility has
troubles of its own |
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here) |
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October 20, 2007 |
KidsPeace lays off 79 employees
(More
KidsPeace news) |
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here) |
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October 18, 2007 |
Rose Moore: Listen to Rose Moore
discuss "Bullying
(plus more) of Advocates for Disabled Kids that are in the Public School System"
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here) |
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October 14, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: EDITORIAL: Caring
for disabled undervalued, underpaid job |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
Boot camp teens disciplined to death |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Tense Moments After Boot Camp Acquittal |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot Camp Death Verdict Sparks Outrage
All-White Jury Delivers 'Not Guilty' Verdict in Beating Death of Black
Teen
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October 13, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO):
Four recent Utah deaths in treatment
programs |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot camp staff cleared of killing
teenager |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Acquittals in boot camp death ignite
protests |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
Boot camp teens disciplined to death |
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here) |
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October 13, 2007 |
Utah residential treatment programs: Eight
dead kids and counting ... |
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here) |
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October 12, 2007 |
Torture, starvation and death: how
American boot camps abuse boys |
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here) |
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October 12, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Acquittal Fits the Pattern in Boot Camp
Deaths |
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here) |
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October 12, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Guards, nurse acquitted of manslaughter in
boot camp case |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
OMEGA LEACH DEATH: City stays course at
Tenn. child center
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here for more news re Omega Leach's death in Tennessee Dept.
of Juvenile Justice
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October 11, 2007 |
GAO: Ten have died in wilderness therapy
programs - and Congress wants to know why |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
Catherine Freer responds to House Hearings |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Teen died of
rare genetic disorder after one day at boot camp, defense experts say
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: News From New York
State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
GAO: Congressmen call for probe of some
wilderness therapy programs |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Finding a good wilderness program may be
all luck - NATSAP criticized
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Parents tell of horrors at youth boot
camps |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Closing Arguments Underway In Boot Camp
Trial |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot Camp Trial - Day Six of Testimony - A
Long Day in Court |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot Camp Trial Day 7 |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Testimony recalls teen's tragic death |
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Troubled US teens suffer abuse, neglect at
'boot camps'
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Parents call for greater oversight of boot
camps: Congress is told poor training is a factor in deaths
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Jury: Aide killed
teen Panel finds O.D. Heck worker guilty of manslaughter in the death of
a 13-year-old autistic youth
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here) |
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October 11, 2007 |
GAO: Wilderness Therapy Scrutinized in
Congress |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
PRESS RELEASE:
GAO Report Finds Thousands of
Allegations of Child Abuse at “Boot Camps” |
(click
here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Brother: Boy like
'family' |
(click
here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH:
Manslaughter
conviction in autistic boy's death |
(click
here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide denies guilt in
death of teen
"I did not kill the boy," caregiver of autistic youth tells trial jury
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Manslaughter
conviction in autistic boy's death |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO):
GAO
Report Finds Thousands of Allegations of Child Abuse at “Boot Camps” Education and Labor
Committee Hears Testimony from Parents of Children Who Died in the
Programs
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Congress investigates teen boot camp abuse
|
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): After a teen's death, a wilderness therapy
program heads to court
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Teen ‘boot camps’ get congressional
scrutiny |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): GAO finds abuses at 'tough love' camps for
troubled kids
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Tough-Love Teen Camps A "Nightmare" |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): U.S. Rep wants fed probe of Mo. boot-camp
death |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby abducted:
Devlin Gets Life Sentences in Abuse Case |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): House looks at how kids are treated at
boot camps |
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here) |
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October 10, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Tirado takes the
stand |
(click
here) |
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October 9, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Edwin Tirado
testifies in his own defense |
(click
here) |
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October 9, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide: Restraint may
have been excessive
Defendant told police overwork possibly led him to use extra force
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here) |
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October 8, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Congressional Hearing: Tough Love or Teen
Torment: Will the Industry Finally Be Regulated?
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here) |
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October 7, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Prosecution rests in
Tirado trial |
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here) |
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October 7, 2007 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Abuse allegations, apathy show need
for ‘boot camp’ regulations
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here) |
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October 6, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: As autistic boy
died, health aide 'just froze'
Defendant, in unsealed court records, describes restraining Jonathan
Carey
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here) |
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October 5, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Van driver testifies
he lied to police |
(click
here) |
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October 5, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Heated exchange
between both sides at Tirado manslaughter trial |
(click
here) |
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October 5, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Co-worker testifies
against Tirado |
(click
here) |
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October 4, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Tirado trial day
three |
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here) |
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October 4, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Ex-aide testifies in
trial of boy's death |
(click
here) |
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October 3, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Victim's mom first
to testify in Tirado trial |
(click
here) |
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October 2, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: 10 jurors seated in
Tirado trial |
(click
here) |
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October 1, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Jury selection
begins in Tirado trial |
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here) |
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October 1, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide's trial starts
in autistic boy's death
Edwin Tirado accused of smothering 13-year-old Jonathan Carey
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NEWS |
October 1 through October 10 (Blog) |
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NEWS |
Martin Lee Anderson trial updates
October 4 through October 10, 2007 |
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SEPTEMBER 2007
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September 30, 2007 |
JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Many jurors familiar
with teen's tragic death |
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here) |
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September 27, 2007 |
Jury seated in boot camp trial of guards
and nurse |
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here) |
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September 25, 2007 |
Boot-camp trial jury selection plows
through Day Two |
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here) |
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September 25, 2007 |
Sides form over boot camp death : Many
minds in Panama City appear made up along racial lines as jury selection
begins
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here) |
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September 24, 2007 |
Jury Selection Begins in Boot Camp Death |
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here) |
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September 24, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON: Boot Camp Jury
Selection Begins |
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here) |
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September 23, 2007 |
MARTIN LEE ANDERSON: Jury selection begins
Monday in boot camp case |
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here) |
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September 23, 2007 |
6-Year-Old Autistic Student Criminally
Charged After Alleged Assault Parent's
response
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here) |
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September 22, 2007 |
Boot camp beating victim's grandmother
seeks justice : Jury selection begins Monday for the trial in the boot
camp death
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here) |
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September 21, 2007 |
KidsPeace disciplined over injuries to
children;
More information
on KidsPeace |
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here) |
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September 20, 2007 |
State gave her a home - and then locked
her out |
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here) |
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September 20, 2007 |
Teens escape from Gulf Coast Academy (formerly known as Bethel Boys, Eagle Point Academy, and Pine View
Academy) - missing kids isted with the National Crime Information Center
According to
Jay
Kay, Director of
Tranquility Bay, a
WWASPS facility, students leaving Jamaica were recently transferred to
Gulf Coast Academy.
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September 18, 2007 |
Examiner clings to job after boot camp
He says all the facts about a teen's death will come out soon
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here) |
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September 16, 2007 |
Specialized care defines CALO |
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here) |
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September 14, 2007 |
Teacher, Student Trade Blows After Spat |
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here) |
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September 13, 2007 |
Class-action suit being prepared against
GCC |
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here) |
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September 13, 2007 |
Remedy or abuse? Controversy resurfaces
over use of shock treatment at Canton school |
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here) |
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September 13, 2007 |
Judge clarifies instructions for boot camp
jurors |
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here) |
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September 7, 2007 |
Utah fund-raiser for Romney steps down :
Lichfield involved in schools that are subjects of lawsuits
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here) |
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September 7, 2007 |
Romney fundraiser, Robert Lichfield, in
Utah is off team : He is named among 140 defendants in a child-abuse
lawsuit involving schools for troubled youths
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here) |
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September 6, 2007 |
Top Utah money man leaves Romney campaign |
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here) |
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September 6, 2007 |
Romney campaign says top fund raiser
with links to 'abusive schools' resigned on his own
But ... WWASPS president, Ken Kay,
stated, "Gov. Romney has asked Mr. Lichfield to step down and not be
involved in any more fundraising "
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September 6, 2007 |
Romney Fires One Teen-Abuse Linked
Financier, Keeps Big One |
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here) |
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September 6, 2007 |
Romney Forced to Fire 2nd Crucial Campaign
Backer |
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here) |
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September 5, 2007 |
Romney Cans Golden Goose Over Abuse |
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here) |
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September 4, 2007 |
Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis
for the Young |
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here) |
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September 4, 2007 |
Prosecutors outlining scheme to illegally
adopt Samoan children to U.S. families |
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here) |
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September 4, 2007 |
Martin Lee Anderson : Judge allows child
neglect boot camp verdict |
(click
here) |
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September 4, 2007 |
Richland woman files suit over
daughter's short stay at school : Prestigious academy made girl's
behavior worse, mother says
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here) |
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September 4, 2007 |
Parents, students at a loss as school in
Ashby is closed Academy worked with autism cases |
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here) |
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September 1, 2007 |
Children's Center, New Haven: Staff trying
to understand boy's stabbing |
(click
here) |
AUGUST 2007
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August 31, 2007 |
Boy, 13, arrested on rape charges : Teen
accused of raping another boy at Chad Youth Center |
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here)
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August 31, 2007 |
Defense objects to more charges :
Selection of jurors in Martin Lee Anderson boot camp death case will
begin Sept. 24
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here) |
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August 29, 2007 |
More students testify in Hinton case : Boy
claims he was slammed against wall |
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here) |
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August 29, 2007 |
Romney Distances Himself From Craig |
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here) |
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August 28, 2007 |
Teenager testifies in Randall Hinton trial |
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