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Argentina Courts Uphold Doctrine That Silence Is Not Consent in New Child Abuse Convictions

This month’s rulings cement a doctrine rejecting any interpretation of victim silence or paralysis as consent in sexual abuse trials.

Spain Expands Investigations and Legal Actions in Violent Crime Cases

R. Kelly Hospitalized for Prison Overdose After Alleged Assassination Plot

Ex-Surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec Gets 20-Year Sentence for Abuse of 299 Child Patients

Carney Government Faces Renewables Slump and Conservative Party Rift

Imanol Alguacil and Roberto Olabe to Depart Real Sociedad at Season's End

Two Disturbing Criminal Cases Unfold in Germany

Hamburg Kindergarten Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Child Sexual Abuse

Convicted Childcare Abuser Appeals Life Sentence as 'Excessive'

Georgia Couple Sentenced to 100 Years for Horrific Abuse of Adopted Sons

Former Youth Worker Sentenced to 18 Years for Decades of Child Abuse in NSW