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‘Shameful.’ Missouri lawmakers fail to ban all child marriages after resistance
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoMissouri lawmakers this year failed to pass legislation that would have raised the state’s minimum...
Failed twice: Jeffrey Epstein victim's statutory rape case dropped by early prosecutor Barry...
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA statutory rape case of a 14-year-old who would meet Epstein a year later was dismissed by...
Is it legal to marry someone under the age of 18 in Illinois? Here’s what the law says
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the United States, there is no federal law banning child marriages – widely defined as those...
Candler man arrested, charged with statutory rape
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Candler man has been charged by Asheville police with statutory rape, according to an arrest warrant filed at the county magistrate's office Oct. 14....
Brunswick man found guilty of statutory rape and aggravated child molestation
WJAX via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStephan Bell, 24, Brunswick, was found guilty of statutory rape, aggravated child molestation and...
Hendersonville man sentenced to minimum of 125 years for rape of minor
Times-News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFollowing a four-day trial, a Hendersonville man who was sentenced to 15 years for the rape of a...
Louisiana state rep shares her mother's story in push for rape exception to abortion ban
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 month agoWhen state Rep. Delisha Boyd was born in September 1969, abortion was illegal in Louisiana. Roe v....
Reinstated 1864 Arizona Anti-Abortion Law Supposedly Also Set Age of Consent at 10 Years Old. Here's...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGetty Images On April 9, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a 4-2 decision that allowed a law...
Bail set at $6 million for Wake County man charged with statutory rape of girl
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 9 months agoA Wake County man is in jail on $6 million bail after being charged with multiple sex crimes against...
MO Sen. Mike Moon proposes expanding death penalty to certain sex crimes against children
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA bill that would add child sex trafficking and statutory rape to the crimes eligible for the death...