Mom in teen sex case defends convict
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The mother of a then-15-year-old girl in a highly publicized teen sex case told a newspaper that the boy involved should not have been criminally charged, but she changed her statement a day later after a visit from prosecutors, the newspaper said Thursday.
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The courtroom was packed with supporters and cameras Friday as Georgia's top justices heard arguments over whether a young man serving a 10-year prison term for consensual oral sex with a fellow teenager should be freed.
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BELFAST - A local mother of three has been indicted for having sex with a 13-year-old boy.  Heidi Emmerton, 26, of Belfast was indicted by the Waldo County grand jury on Monday on a charge of gross sexual assault.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. Sept. 17, 2004 - Michael Jackson was met with cheers Friday as he came to court to watch the mother of the boy who accused him of molestation undergo questioning by defense lawyers.
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E-mail, IMs used as evidence against teen and her boyfriend, who murdered her mother after she discouraged them from dating each other.
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The mother of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of sexual abuse is set to face the singer in court.
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SAN DIEGO - A mother who left her 7-year-old son locked in the trunk of a car while she partied in a bar has pleaded guilty to child abuse and false imprisonment.  Sarah Powell, 27, and her boyfriend, Jake Faria, 30, entered their pleas Monday as part of a plea bargain.
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An Austrian teenager who spent eight years in a dingy underground cell until her dramatic escape last week on Monday defended her captor as "part of my life" and insisted she didn't miss anything during her long ordeal.
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Defense attorneys for a polygamous-sect leader charged with sex crimes in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl and her older cousin began their case Tuesday, trying to debunk the contention that his church places women in submissive roles.
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A girl claims a teenager accused of murder had previously blindfolded her and tied her up.
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A televised appeal by the mother of a teenager gunned down at an ice rink prompts a "positive response".
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The mother of Jodi Jones begins giving evidence at the trial of the schoolboy accused of her murder.
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The mother of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation was ordered by a judge on Friday to testify in a pretrial hearing in the case after the pop star&#39;s lawyers called her a liar.
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Prosecutors charged a convicted sex offender Monday with kidnapping, raping and killing Zina Linnik, a 12-year-old girl who was snatched from an alley behind her family's home during a July 4th fireworks celebration.
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Scott Peterson's mother took the witness stand Monday to defend her son and help explain away behavior police have described as that of a guilty man.
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A court trying a girl accused of making a false rape claim hears how the man involved reacted.
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Warren Jeffs might not have laid a hand on the 14-year-old girl he's accused of coercing into marrying her cousin, but he's still responsible for her rape, prosecutors maintained Thursday as opening arguments neared.