There is way too much killing in America – murders, accidental shootings, executions, deadly domestic abuse and despondent people who kill themselves. Then there is filicide. That’s when parents kill their own child. We would like to think this sort of heinous crime doesn’t happen, but it happens way too often. A study published in the journal Forensic Science International combed through more … [Read more...]

California must consider earlier parole for potentially thousands of sex offenders, maybe even those convicted of pimping children, a state judge said Friday. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner preliminarily ordered prison officials to rewrite part of the regulations for Proposition 57. The 2016 ballot measure allows consideration of earlier parole for most state … [Read more...]

After the reports that some officials in the White House knew about abuse allegations against Rob Porter months before he resigned from his role as staff secretary, author Leslie Morgan Steiner penned an op-ed in The Washington Postabout the problems with domestic violence victims not being taken seriously. Steiner shares with NPR's Ari Shapiro her own experience with domestic … [Read more...]

SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County supervisors Tuesday placed the recall of Judge Aaron Persky on the June 5 ballot, setting the stage for voters to decide whether to oust a sitting judge in California for only the fourth time in more than a century. The board was obligated to put the measure on the countywide ballot after proponents of recalling Persky turned in more than 95,000 signatures last … [Read more...]

HARRISBURG, Feb. 5 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, led a press conference today with advocates and members of the state House of Representatives to call on the governor to make child protection and safety a policy priority in the coming year. Along with fellow state Reps. Margo Davidson, D-Delaware, Tina Davis, D-Bucks, and Madeleine Dean, D-Montgomery, Rozzi was joined by: … [Read more...]