IT IS HARDER TO GET A DRIVERS LICENSE THAN TO HAVE A BABY

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/m ... -1.3766695

Man charged with dipping wife’s hand in boiling oil, choking infant son
BY BRETT BODNER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, January 19, 2018, 3:49 PM

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DeLand girl, 3, to cops: I was beaten with belt, put in oven

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Mother convicted of starving her 16-year-old daughter to death given three life sentences
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated: Friday, January 26, 2018, 2:49 PM

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Skull fractures, bleeding on the brain, local police chief's son arrested for child's beating





Child dies after alleged brutal beating by Carrollton police chief's son; Murder charges likely
Murder charges are expected.
January 28, 2018
VILLA RICA, Ga. — Police confirm that a 3-year-old child brutally beaten has died as a result of his injurie.a

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Mom drowned baby in bathtub to make him stop crying:


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Two sisters in Massachusetts charged with burning 5-year-old girl in voodoo ritual requested by her mother
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, February 4, 2018, 2:56 PM

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Minn. Couple Accused of Beating and Tying Up Their 6 'Falsely Imprisoned' Children

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‘It’s What She Wanted.’ Man Stabbed His 6-Year-Old Daughter in the Heart So He Wouldn’t Lose Custody, Police Say

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Police: Man kills son, 6, self with grills in bedroom

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Four-year-old girl shot dead in suspected domestic dispute in Ohio
BY MEGAN CERULLO
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, February 17, 2018, 4:55 PM

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Newborn baby found dead in garbage can at a Queens playground
BY CHAUNCEY ALCORN THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Saturday, February 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

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“Natural Causes Killed Victor: A Death in Solitary,” a folk opera by George Swanson (DVD, 55 minutes)
Loaded on JAN. 10, 2017 by Lance Tapley published in Prison Legal News January, 2017, page 16
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews, Immigration, Control Units, Tapes/Music. Location: Maine.
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Written by George Swanson, a folksinger and Episcopal priest, this unusual folk opera tells how Victor Valdez, a sickly, working-class immigrant from the Dominican Republic, died in 2009 in solitary confinement at the Maine State Prison – and how the causes of his death were covered up.
The state prosecutor who investigated the case determined that Victor died of “natural causes.” True, he needed kidney dialysis and had other ailments, but a number of other prisoners said he had not been given proper medical care and had been physically abused. In fact, one prisoner had predicted to an advocate that the abuse would likely kill Victor.
I wrote the newspaper article, “A Prison Obituary: The Tragedy of Victor Valdez,” which was the basis for the opera. George Swanson has long worked with me and many others in a campaign to end or restrict the use of solitary in Maine and nationally. He successfully convinced the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) to take on the issue.
NRCAT’s founding director, the Rev. Richard Killmer, said the opera “shows the immorality of solitary confinement.” Bonnie Kerness, director of the American Friends Service Committee’s Prison Watch, called it an “amazing” production.
The performance in the video demonstrates what can be done with this work in a small community by an unpaid cast. It is amateur – some singers are good, others sketchy – but this quality gives it charm and paradoxical power. The feeling for the subject on the part of the singers – new to the issue – is evident.
The songs have their origin in beloved folk or ecclesiastical music, but Swanson has a talent for Kurt Weill-like lyrics that succinctly, vividly tell a story. The production takes place in a beautiful old church.
To me, the most plaintive line in the opera – taken from prisoners’ testimony – is Victor’s cry, as guards dragged him to his death: “What did I do? What did I do?”
The answer: He was a brown-skinned, handicapped, sick immigrant who spoke poor English and was a pain in the @#$ to the guards.
“May God have mercy on all of us involved in this callous display of disrespect for human life and dignity,” commented Rev. Stan Moody, the prison chaplain, when Victor died.
Ed. Note: This is the first time PLN has published an opera review.
A DVD of the premiere performance of this opera is free to prisoners, their families, advocates and nonprofits; $10.00 to others. For a DVD, email [email protected] or write to me at 8 Winter St., No. 1, Augusta, ME 04330. Included is a 36-page illustrated booklet with the libretto and background information. Checks should be made payable to George Swanson. Disclosure: Swanson pays my sideline consulting business a small monthly fee to stimulate showings and new productions.




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Florida man once accused of putting 3-year-old girl in an oven has been arrested for pouring boiling water on a 3-year-old boy

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New Jersey woman admits to scalding boy under her care with boiling water in ‘house of horrors’

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Newly divorced mom shoots 3 children, herself in Texas murder-suicide: police

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Dad abandons 5-year-old in park while trying to ‘give away’ infant, Oregon cops say

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Florida woman confesses to killing son after raising $4,000 for his funeral, police say

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Retired U.S. Air Force general charged with more than a dozen counts of child porn possession

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NYC man facing divorce decapitates wife, slits 5-year-old daughter’s throat, hangs self

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Incestuous couple who murdered their teenage sons jailed for life
Sarah Barrass and half-brother Brandon Machin also tried to kill four remaining children

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Philadelphia 4-year-old ‘killed brutally’ by caretaker in ‘horrific’ abuse case, District Attorney says

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Philadelphia man allegedly used 11-month-old son as ‘human shield’ during drug buy that resulted in boy being shot four times

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