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Couple in Florida Kept 4 Children Inside Truck for Years, Prosecutors Say

Two boys and two girls were kept in a semi truck cab for six years, the authorities said, and the two girls, both under 11 years old, were repeatedly sexually abused.

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“This was a prison, a rolling prison,” Attorney General James Uthmeier of Florida said on Tuesday.
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Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Jury Deliberations Wrap for the Day

Jurors spent about seven hours discussing the high-profile case on Monday, after about 10 hours last week.

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Lindsay Clancy watched jurors on Friday as they entered the courtroom for deliberations in Plymouth, Mass.
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Judge Allows Option of Manslaughter Verdict in Lindsay Clancy Case

If jurors find Ms. Clancy guilty in the strangling deaths of her three children, they will choose among first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter.

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Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the strangling deaths of her three children.
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She Was Absolved of a Heinous Crime. Why Won’t They Leave Her Alone?

A judge exonerated Nancy Smith, an Ohio bus driver, after she was convicted of abusing children in her care. Now, prosecutors want to reverse an order saying she was innocent.

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A judge overturned Nancy Smith’s conviction in a child sex abuse case in 2022.
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Violent Extremist Who Targeted Young People Online Is Sentenced to 77 Years

Kyle William Spitze was part of an online extremist movement that coerces young people to do self-harm, officials said. Two of his victims died by suicide.

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A federal judge in Tennessee this week sentenced a man to 77 years in prison for having child pornography as a member of groups that officials say glorified mass murder and urged young people to commit self-harm.
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Defense Rests Case in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

The two sides focused Friday on whether Ms. Clancy was experiencing psychosis when she strangled her three young children in 2023. Closing arguments could begin on Monday.

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Lindsay Clancy in the courtroom on Thursday.
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Former Catholic Bishop Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse, Australian News Outlets Say

A court found Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, guilty of sexually abusing two men, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

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Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, at the District Court of Western Australia in Perth on Tuesday.
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