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• Judge Rules Evidence From FBI's Pedophile Tor Hack Is Invalid

In 2015, the FBI hacked Tor to identify users of child sex websites. Now a judge has thrown out evidence acquired during the investigation.
(Jamie Condliffe, Gizmodo, US, April 21, 2016)

• Tourists Taking Pictures Of Seafront Set Upon By ‘Stupid’ Locals Who Thought They Were Paedophiles

A shopkeeper has slammed locals in Southend who claimed to have “smashed a paedophile ring” by confiscating a tourist’s camera.
(Anthony Pearce, Yahoo!News, US, April 11, 2016)

• Sex abuse testimony OK'd for Dennis Hastert sentencing

Exactly 300 days after former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was indicted on bombshell charges of paying hush money to cover up wrongdoing in his past, the words "sexual abuse" were finally uttered on the record. (Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, US, March 24, 2016)

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• Dennis Hastert, former U.S. House speaker, sentenced to 15 months in prison

Dennis Hastert, once the longest-serving Republican House speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Chicago to 15 months in prison for paying $1.7 million in hush money to cover up sexual abuse from decades ago. (Jason Meisner , Jeff Coen and Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, US, April 27, 2016)

• FBI posts fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects

Agency disseminates hyperlinks purporting to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and then raids the homes of anyone willing to click on them. (Declan McCullagh, C|net, US, March 20, 2016)

• Texas teacher charged with lewd conduct for allegedly hosting teen 'sex parties'

A Texas high school teacher who is also a church leader was charged last week with engaging in lewd conduct with boys during naked “sex parties” at his home.
( FOX News, US, March 21, 2016)

• Mentally ill man arrested after hunting down a random registered sex offender with hammer, deputies say

Ian Saum hunted down a random sex offender whom he looked up on the internet to "vindicate" wrongdoings, deputies said. A retired Navy officer fended off the vicious attack from a Saum, who was wielding a hammer and "acting really nervous and sweating", reports show.
( Christal Hayes , Orlando Sentinel, US, March 8, 2016)

• The Biggest Sex-Trafficking Bust in FBI History Was Totally Bogus

How two troubled teens and a cop with a cause got dozens of Somali immigrants on the hook for child sex trafficking.
( Elizabeth Nolan Brown , Reason.com, US, March 4, 2016)

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• 5 Years Late, Fake Sex Trafficking Case Crumples In Tenn. Fed. Court ( Josh Kendrick , Mimesis Law, US, March 14, 2016)

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• ISIS beheads 15-year-old boy for listening to pop music

Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, the heterosexuals have beheaded a young boy, Ayham Hussein for listening to pop music, which they are reported to believe is responsible for 'debauchery' and 'promoting homosexuality' .
( Joe Morgan , Gay Star News, UK, February 18, 2016)

• 1998 molestation conviction expected to be thrown out due to false testimony

A man sent to prison 18 years ago for molesting a child is expected to be released from state prison within a matter of weeks because it has been revealed that the key testimony used to convict him was fabricated.
(Elizabeth Larson , Lake County News, US, February 15, 2016)

• Brattleboro photographer accused of producing child sex abuse images (ModelTeenz)

According to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Richard Emerich, who has lived on Western Avenue in Brattleboro since late 2014, took pictures of a sexual nature of underaged boys. (Robert Audette, the Berkshire Eagle, US, November 4, 2015)

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Fashion photographer who shot in South Florida pleads guilty in child-porn case

A New England-based fashion photographer whose work has appeared in catalogs for major clothing brands pleaded guilty to a federal child-pornography charge this month.(David Goodhue, Miami Hearld, US, January 31, 2016)

• Former TV Star Mr. Wonder Arrested in Chula Vista on Sex Abuse Charges

A one-time Louisiana television personality, who was on the lam for 37 years after being accused of sexually assaulting children on a camping trip, was behind bars Tuesday in San Diego following his arrest near Chula Vista. (City News Service, The times of San Diego, US, January 26, 2016)

• Police bust Quebec pedophile ring       See also: Operation Malaise

Police in Quebec say they have arrested 13 people who allegedly exchanged advice on ways to sexually abuse children without raising suspicion (Thoughtcrime). (The Canadian Press, The Mississauga News, Ca, January 27, 2016)

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• Accused in child sex exploitation case appear in court (Shuyee Lee, Cjad News, Ca, January 28, 2016)

Vicious heterosexual murderer has her sentence more than doubled

Original term of three and a half years handed to Sarah Sands for stabbing Michael Pleasted to death ruled unduly lenient. (Press Association, The Guardian, UK, January 22, 2016)

Former headmaster of elite private school appeals child porn conviction to Delaware Supreme Court

The Delaware Supreme Court seemed to agree Wednesday with a lawyer representing former Tower Hill School headmaster Christopher D. Wheeler that a search warrant used to find child pornography on Wheeler’s computer was overly broad, and therefore, not valid. (Jessica Masulli Reyes, The News Journal , US, January 20, 2016)

Man OK With Pedophilia Loses Bid to Teach Kids

HONOLULU (CN) - The University of Hawaii did not violate a student's First Amendment rights by deciding he was unfit to become a teacher because he said "child predation should be legal," the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday. (JULIE ST. LOUIS, Courthouse, News Service, US, December 30, 2015)

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First Amendment needs to come first (Irene Fang, Ka Leo, US, January 11, 2016)