Tag: child abuse
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Divided Colorado appeals court upholds sex abuse convictions despite problematic testimony
By 2-1, Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday upheld a man’s child sex assault convictions despite an expert witness vouching for the credibility of the victims — which is typically improper. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed Gustavo Lopez “opened the door” to the problematic evidence by suggesting his child victims had been…
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Hungary’s president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case
Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case
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Coroner releases autopsies of Colorado Springs children allegedly killed by mother
Investigators believe Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9, and Aden Wentz, 7, were killed by their mother, Kimberlee Singler, on Dec. 18.
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Protesters demand Hungarian president’s resignation over a pardon in a child sexual abuse case
Calls for Hungary’s conservative president to resign have grown amid outrage over her pardoning of a person convicted of covering up a child sexual abuse case
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Utah governor says school board member who questioned a student’s gender ‘embarrassed the state’
Utah’s Republican governor and other state officials are calling out a conservative state school board member for insinuating in an online post that a member of a girl’s high school basketball team was transgender, when in fact she is not
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Colorado Springs mother accused of negligent death of toddler is denied bond reduction
A woman charged in the negligent death of her toddler in 2022 was denied a lower bond on Thursday in El Paso County Court. Amber Comstock, 32, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death on Jan. 5. Officers responding to a 911 call found Comstock’s 14-month old son dead at his home…
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Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation suit over comparison to molester
It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for his depiction of global warming
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Colorado Springs mother arrested in death of toddler had long history with DHS, court documents show
A woman arrested in the death of her toddler in 2022 had a history of referrals to the Department of Human Services dating back to 2016, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette. Amber Comstock, 32, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death on Jan. 5. Officers responding to a…
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State Supreme Court decision overturns fetal child abuse charge, determines Sixth Amendment violation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man convicted of murdering his estranged and pregnant wife and inflicting damage on her fetus will have a new trial after the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday decided 4-3 that excluding the defendant’s parents from the courtroom violated the Sixth Amendment, and that the…