Ohio senators pass lethal injection drug bill
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Ohio lawmakers on Thursday rushed to pass a lethal injection law meant to restart executions even as prosecutors who want a condemned child killer executed in February…
Crimes against children
GERMAN GOVERNMENT DISPUTE OVER CHILD PORN PROBE
FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2014 file photo German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel from the Social Democrats and Chancellor Angela Merkel, from left, attend a session at the German…
UN COMMITTEE BLASTS VATICAN ON SEX AB– USE, ABORTION
By NICOLE WINFIELD Kirsten Sandberg, center, chairperson of the U.N. human rights committee on the rights of the child, talks to committee members Maria Herczog, right, and Benyam Mezmur during…
EDUCATOR CHARGED WITH SEXUAL AB– USE IN YOUTUBE CASE
A woman who wanted to be identified by her first name, Brianna, is led away by her attorney, Luis Carrillo, right, after a news conference in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan.…
VATICAN FACING UN SHOWDOWN ON SEX AB– USE RECORD
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Holy See’s chief sex crimes prosecutor, meets journalists in Rome. The…
PA. COURT REVERSES CHURCH OFFICIAL’S CONVICTION
By MARYCLAIRE DALE FILE – In this March 27, 2012 file photo, Monsignor William Lynn leaves the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia. Lynn, a Roman Catholic church official, who has…
NEGLECTED ELDERLY AUSTRALIAN ENDURES BRUTAL END
By KRISTEN GELINEAU FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, stone steps lead to the front door of the home of Marguerite Thoresen in Brisbane, Australia. Thoresen’s mother,…
TENN. SEN.’S FIRED CHIEF OF STAFF ORDERED FREED
By JESSICA GRESKO FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file image taken from video and released by WJLA TV, U.S. Postal police walk with Ryan Loskarn, center, in…