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Parents Sentenced After Homicide Ruling in Death of 3-Year-Old Joycelynn

The case has prompted lawmakers to push for much tougher penalties for negligent child deaths to address what they call a gap in current sentencing.

Tyrol Parents Held in Pretrial Custody After 7-Year-Old Was Found Severely Emaciated

Hull Parents Jailed for Deliberate Neglect After Baby Suffers Four Leg Fractures

Elgin Caretaker Gets 20 Years for Starving and Torturing 7-Year-Old

Leaders of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies Arrested on Suspicion of Murder

Oklahoma Couple Charged After DNA Links Man to 11-Year-Old’s Newborn

Guardians Ordered to Stand Trial in Death of 9-Year-Old Found in Yough River

Records Detail Alleged Severe Neglect After Children Found Alone at Georgia Campsite

Baytown Mother Jailed on Child Injury, Meth Charges After Son Found in Feces-Filled Room

Wakayama Parents Sent to Prosecutors in 2-Year-Old’s Fatal Abuse Case After Admitting Assaults and Withholding Care

Audit Finds Maryland Child-Welfare Failures That Exposed Children to Sex Offenders

Sheriff Finds Systemic Failings in Robyn Goldie Case as Inquiry Says Timely Care Could Have Prevented Death

Muskogee County Grandmother Charged With Child Neglect in 11-Year-Old’s Home Birth Case

102 U.S. Groups Urge Rubio to Seek Release of Detained Palestinian-American Teen

DNA Ties Oklahoma Stepfather to 11-Year-Old’s Baby as Charges Are Upgraded to Sexual Abuse

Crown Seeks Eight-Year Sentences for Calgary Parents in Toddler’s Death

Texas Parents Arrested After 12-Year-Old Dies from Untreated Injuries