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6 Get 20-Year Jail Term In Different Child Sex Abuse Cases In Gujarat After Speedy Trial
Six individuals arrested recently for rape under the POCSO Act in different cases in Gujarat have been sentenced to 20 years in prison after effective investigation and swift trials, underscoring the state's zero-tolerance towards crimes against chil
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Why Was Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction Overturned, And What's Next?
Thursday's ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction gives the one-time film mogul a chance at a new trial and calls into question what evidence prosecutors can use in future sex crime cases.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyers Demand New Trial After Juror Reveals Prior Sexual Abuse
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers demanded a new sex crimes trial Wednesday after a juror said he had helped convict the British socialite by telling fellow jury members about his experience of sexual abuse.
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Court Extends Hours In Ghislaine Maxwell Case To "Avoid Mistrial" Amid Covid Surge
US jurors said they were "making progress" deciding Ghislaine Maxwell's fate in her sex crimes trial Tuesday as the judge warned of a race against time due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Defiant Ghislaine Maxwell Says Sex Crimes Charges "Not Proven"
A defiant Ghislaine Maxwell said Friday that prosecutors had failed to prove her guilty of sex crimes, as her defense wound up in a trial that heard lurid claims she groomed minors for abuse by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Singer R Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sex Abuse Trial
R Kelly on Monday was convicted of leading a decades-long sex crime ring, with a New York jury finding the superstar singer guilty on all nine charges, including the most serious of racketeering.
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Harvey Weinstein Charged With New Sex Crimes As High-Profile Trial Begins
Harvey Weinstein was hit with new sex crimes charges in Los Angeles on Monday just as his high-profile trial in a separate case opened in New York, kicking off proceedings key to the #MeToo movement.
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Harvey Weinstein's Trial In Sexual Harassment Cases To Begin On January 6
Harvey Weinstein's high-profile sex crimes trial opens on Monday, more than two years after the scandal triggered the #MeToo movement that led to the downfall of dozens of powerful men.
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Sentencing Of Australia Cardinal For Child Sex Abuse To Be Broadcast Live
The sentencing of Australian Cardinal George Pell for child sex crimes will be broadcast live Wednesday in a rare move by the local judiciary, which had kept his trial under wraps for months with a draconian gag order.
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Hundreds Of Military Kids Sexually Abused Annually: Pentagon
The children of US military members are victims in hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse each year, according to data the Defense Department provided exclusively to The Associated Press.
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Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Acquitted in French Vice Trial
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was acquitted of sex crime charges on Friday by a French court which ruled the sexual escapades with prostitutes of a man once tipped to be French president did not amount to "aggravated pimping".
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Prostitutes in Strauss-Kahn Sex Trial Withdraw Damages Claim
Lawyers for the four prostitutes who participated in sex parties organised for Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday they were giving up their claim of damages, saying it would be too hard to prove the pimping charge against the former IMF head.
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French prosecutors probe Strauss-Kahn rape accusations
Disgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's legal woes deepened on Monday as French prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into accusations he took part in a gang rape in the US.
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Berlusconi returns to dock, laughs off sex crime trial
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today accused Italy's judges of being out to get him and laughed off his ongoing sex crime trial as he returned to court on fraud charges in a separate trial."The prosecutors are working against the country," Berlusconi told reporters in the courtroom, as some 200 supporters outside held up placards reading "Silvio ...
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6 Get 20-Year Jail Term In Different Child Sex Abuse Cases In Gujarat After Speedy Trial
Six individuals arrested recently for rape under the POCSO Act in different cases in Gujarat have been sentenced to 20 years in prison after effective investigation and swift trials, underscoring the state's zero-tolerance towards crimes against chil
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Why Was Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction Overturned, And What's Next?
Thursday's ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction gives the one-time film mogul a chance at a new trial and calls into question what evidence prosecutors can use in future sex crime cases.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyers Demand New Trial After Juror Reveals Prior Sexual Abuse
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers demanded a new sex crimes trial Wednesday after a juror said he had helped convict the British socialite by telling fellow jury members about his experience of sexual abuse.
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Court Extends Hours In Ghislaine Maxwell Case To "Avoid Mistrial" Amid Covid Surge
US jurors said they were "making progress" deciding Ghislaine Maxwell's fate in her sex crimes trial Tuesday as the judge warned of a race against time due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Defiant Ghislaine Maxwell Says Sex Crimes Charges "Not Proven"
A defiant Ghislaine Maxwell said Friday that prosecutors had failed to prove her guilty of sex crimes, as her defense wound up in a trial that heard lurid claims she groomed minors for abuse by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Singer R Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sex Abuse Trial
R Kelly on Monday was convicted of leading a decades-long sex crime ring, with a New York jury finding the superstar singer guilty on all nine charges, including the most serious of racketeering.
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Harvey Weinstein Charged With New Sex Crimes As High-Profile Trial Begins
Harvey Weinstein was hit with new sex crimes charges in Los Angeles on Monday just as his high-profile trial in a separate case opened in New York, kicking off proceedings key to the #MeToo movement.
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Harvey Weinstein's Trial In Sexual Harassment Cases To Begin On January 6
Harvey Weinstein's high-profile sex crimes trial opens on Monday, more than two years after the scandal triggered the #MeToo movement that led to the downfall of dozens of powerful men.
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Sentencing Of Australia Cardinal For Child Sex Abuse To Be Broadcast Live
The sentencing of Australian Cardinal George Pell for child sex crimes will be broadcast live Wednesday in a rare move by the local judiciary, which had kept his trial under wraps for months with a draconian gag order.
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Hundreds Of Military Kids Sexually Abused Annually: Pentagon
The children of US military members are victims in hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse each year, according to data the Defense Department provided exclusively to The Associated Press.
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Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Acquitted in French Vice Trial
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was acquitted of sex crime charges on Friday by a French court which ruled the sexual escapades with prostitutes of a man once tipped to be French president did not amount to "aggravated pimping".
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Prostitutes in Strauss-Kahn Sex Trial Withdraw Damages Claim
Lawyers for the four prostitutes who participated in sex parties organised for Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday they were giving up their claim of damages, saying it would be too hard to prove the pimping charge against the former IMF head.
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French prosecutors probe Strauss-Kahn rape accusations
Disgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's legal woes deepened on Monday as French prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into accusations he took part in a gang rape in the US.
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Berlusconi returns to dock, laughs off sex crime trial
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today accused Italy's judges of being out to get him and laughed off his ongoing sex crime trial as he returned to court on fraud charges in a separate trial."The prosecutors are working against the country," Berlusconi told reporters in the courtroom, as some 200 supporters outside held up placards reading "Silvio ...
