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In a first for Florida, a Central Florida prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for a man charged with raping a child. The pursuit of capital punishment comes after lawmakers passed and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure allowing the death penalty for those convicted of sexually battering children under the age of 12. (Staff reporter, USA TODAY Network, December 15, 2023)
A new Florida bill allowing capital punishment for those committing sexual battery on children under 12 cleared the state’s rules committee this week and is now heading to the full Senate. (Lorenz Duchamps, NTD, April 14, 2023)
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday allowing Florida to impose the death penalty on those convicted of sexual battery against children younger than 12. (Yacob Reyes, MSN, May 1, 2023)
Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration nonpunitive, accepting unsubstantiated assumptions about its benefits and blithely dismissing its costs. ( Jacob Sullum, Reason.com, March 1, 2023)
Newly released records show two police officers were suspended without pay after berating a 5-year-old boy who had walked away from his elementary school, calling him a 'shepherd of the devil' and threatening him with a beating. (Joseph Michalitsianos, Daily Mail, September 4, 2022 )
Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes. (CBS News, August 17, 2022 )
Nex Benedict — a nonbinary, Native American, 16-year-old sophomore — was reportedly beaten to death on February 7 by three older female students in the bathroom of Owasso High School in Oklahoma. The school refused to call an ambulance for the injured teen and didn’t inform police of the attack until Benedict was later admitted into the hospital — they died from their injuries the next day. (Jorge Martinez , LGBTQ Nation, July 10, 2023)
A unicorn costume, a hammer and a belief that pedophiles are using public schools to destroy democracy: The trial of David DePape for attacking Paul Pelosi was strange and disturbing. (Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2023)
Lee confronted two teenagers Friday night – a 17- and 18-year-old – at a restaurant in Pontiac. He accused one of being a pedophile and punched him, according to the police news release. (Jessica Xing and Zoe Sottile, CNN, October 1, 2023)
A young black boy has made an impassioned speech about racism at an Oregon city council meeting after he experienced discrimination at school. Gavin Alston, 10, bravely spoke up in the room full of adults and told council members how unfair it was that kids called him a 'monkey' and the N-word in his fourth grade class. (Claudia Aoraha, Daily Mail, June 16, 2023)
Five Proud Boys, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun, intimidated children and parents attending a monthly all-ages drag event inside a wine and tea shop in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 20. The event’s organizers have temporarily paused all future performances to plan a response and ways to ensure attendees’ safety. ( Daniel Villarreal, LGBTQ Nation, Febuary 1, 2023)
Long before QAnon and Pizzagate reared their heads, another element supposedly dedicated to protecting children has been doing more harm than good. Namely, vigilante outfits that take the law into their own hands to track down suspected pedophiles. More often than not, their tactics cross the line into cyberbullying or worse. In the process, these vigilantes make prosecuting their targets difficult, if not impossible—even when there is clear evidence of wrongdoing. (Darrell Lucus, 2022 ,Daily Kos, July 6, 2022 )
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It was a Friday night in February 2021. His wife called their health care provider to schedule an emergency consultation for the next morning, by video because it was a Saturday and there was a pandemic going on. A nurse said to send photos so the doctor could review them in advance. (Kashmir Hill, SFGATE, August 21, 2022 )
People don’t want outsiders reading their private messages —not their physical mail, not their texts, not their DMs, nothing. It’s a clear and obvious point, but one place it doesn’t seem to have reached is the U.S. Senate. (Joe Mullin, EFF, US, February 3, 2022 )
Apple intends to install software on American iPhones to scan for child abuse imagery, according to people briefed on its plans, raising alarm among security researchers who warn that it could open the door to surveillance of millions of people’s personal devices. (Madhumita Murgia and Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times, August 5, 2021)
Apple said Friday it plans to delay its "Expanded Protections for Children" iOS update that was announced last month after the company encountered negative feedback over privacy concerns. ( Abbianca Makoni, Newsweek, US, Sep. 3, 2021)
Governments were already discussing how to misuse CSAM scanning technology even before Apple announced its plans, say security researchers.The biggest concern raised when Apple said it would scan iPhones for child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) is that there would be spec-creep, with governments insisting the company scan for other types of images, and there now seems good evidence for this … (Ben Lovejoy, 9 To5 Mac, Us, October 15, 2021)
