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U.S.-German Parents Jailed in Spain for Isolating Children for Years

The ruling narrows criminal liability to proven psychological harm.

Kentucky Couple Sentenced to 20 Years in Child Abuse Case

French Father Jailed After 9-Year-Old Is Rescued From Yearlong Confinement in a Van

Judge Upholds No-Bail Detention for Parents Accused of Abusing 6-Week-Old in Barcelona

Plymouth Officer and Husband Charged With Raping Teen They Took In Plead Not Guilty

Fox Lake Mother and Boyfriend Charged in Yearslong Abuse of 11-Year-Old, Held Ahead of Detention Hearings

Cross-Border Child-Exploitation Probes Yield Panama Arrest and Rescue of 8-Year-Old in Argentina

Colin Gray Trial Day 4 Highlights Years of Warnings, Discord Tip and Digital Evidence

Mother Jailed for Manslaughter of Two-Year-Old Omra as Father Gets 6 Years 9 Months for Child Cruelty

Den Bosch Court Sentences Helmond Teaching Assistant to 8 Years, Orders TBS for Abuse of 20 Children

Lille Prosecutors Charge 10 Men in Drug-Facilitated Rape of 5-Year-Old at 'Chemsex' Event

Judge Delays Probable-Cause Ruling in Death of ‘Mimi’ Torres After DCF Impersonation Testimony

Autopsy Finds Starvation Homicide in Death of 11-Year-Old Jacqueline ‘Mimi’ Torres

Gardaí Extend Detention of Woman Arrested in Daniel Aruebose Murder Probe

Prosecutor Seeks 15 Years in Prison and TBS for Helmond Teaching Assistant in Child Abuse Case

Mimi Torres-Garcia Estate Files $100 Million Claim Targeting DCF Oversight

Ontario Murder Trial Hears Texts Saying Caregivers Feared Boy Was ‘Dying’ Weeks Before His Death

Paris Nursery Animator Trial Postponed to May 2026 After Lawyer Withdrawal and New Civil Parties

Wisconsin Teen Starvation Case Advances as Father’s Hearing Moved to January 2026

Four Charged After 14-Year-Old Found Weighing 35 Pounds in Wisconsin Home