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Ricky Chavis, a 41 year old convicted child molester in Pensacola, Florida, who was acquitted of killing the father of two teenage boys, also faced additional charges surrounding the brutal 2001 slaying, which the two boys had pleaded guilty to. Chavis had been charged with committing a lewd and lascivious act against the younger of the two brothers, but prosecutors dropped the single charge and replaced it with 10 counts of lewd and lascivious conduct, plus one charge of kidnapping. He was also charged with being an accessory after the

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William Amidon, 18, of Syracuse, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of felony sodomy.Amidon is one of two upstate men accused of carrying a 9 year old girl from her home and raping herin her backyard. He pleaded guilty to the sexual assault charge. The plea arrangement calls for himto be sentenced to the maximum penalty of 25 years in state prison for the sodomy conviction.Sentencing was scheduled for March 20.

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Leaders in both the State Senate and the Assembly appeared to be moving swiftly to pass legislation requiring the clergy to report abuse to state authorities.  But the proposed legislation in New York has gone nowhere while several states have toughened their mandatory reporting laws.  In an effort to move the issue forward, Senator Thomas Duane (D-Manhattan) yesterday introduced his own bill to require clergy to report suspected abuse.  It also would give victims for whom the five year statute of limitations has passed a three year window, opening when

The Supreme Court yesterday strongly backed so-called Megan’s Laws, which provide the public with information about potential sexual predators, ruling in two cases that they do not violate the individual rights of convicted sex offenders.  The court ruled 9-0 that Connecticut may publish names, pictures and other information about convicted sex offenders on the Internet without giving each offender a hearing to determine whether he or she is still dangerous.  And by a vote of 6-3, the court ruled that Alaska’s law creates a civil regulatory system to protect public

Clarence Moss, a 44 year old crack addicted monster,  was convicted of raping, sodomizing and killing 11 year old Tamiqa Gutierrez and has been sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday. He also got 14 additional years for raping little Tamiqa before killing her during a booze and cocaine binge on May 8, 200l.  He was able to commit this heinous crime because a Philadelphia judge let him off the hook on an earlier charge. Judge Anne Lazarus terminated Moss’ probation 18 months early allowing him to leave the

Jay Marcus, a 45 year old Westbury carpenter, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. A defense attorney for Marcus told jurors that they were likely to be revolted by his client’s alleged activities. The government will show you images that are such you may want to throw up. Candidly, that was one of my first reactions, Thomas Liotti said. It is unusual that Marcus was on trial because defendants rarely contest child pornography charges since it is relatively easy to convict someone