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See more recent materials at www.nospank.net/news7.htm S KANSAS -Sex accusations emerge in case against former daycare director, By Jesse Fray, ABC News 49, September 25, 2007 FLORIDA - DCF to investigate belt-spanking dad, (Florida) EmeraldCoast.com, September 25, 2007 S CALIFORNIA -Dennis Rodman Accused of Sexual Battery, TMZ.com, September 23, 2007 R SOUTH AFRICA - Give kids a hiding, MPs told, news24.com, September 18, 2007 FLORIDA - Principal Admits Spanking Preschooler; State Attorney To Decide Whether To Press Charges, News4jax.com, September 6, 2007 S L ALABAMA - Suspended Mobile County judge accused of spanking prisoners, By Gary McElroy, Staff Reporter, Press-Register, September 5, 2007 S TEXAS - Officer accused of spanking woman's rear is charged, By Melody McDonald, Star Telegram, August 31, 2007 L COLORADO - Teenager testifies in Hinton trial, Vic Vela, Cañon City Daily Record, August 28, 2007 L MASSACHUSETTS - Experts on Self-Injurious Kids Challenge Dr. Israel's Methods, By Jennifer Gonnerman, Mother Jones, August 20, 2007 L MASSACHUSETTS - School of Shock -- How many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture? By Jennifer Gonnerman, Mother Jones, August 20, 2007 L U.S. - The Cult That Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry This harsh approach to helping troubled teens has a long and disturbing history. By Maia Szalavitz, Mother Jones, August 20, 2007 TENNESSEE - Girl Hit In Face With Belt Buckle, Mid-South child abuse investigation, myeyewitnessnews.com, August 15, 2007 L R TEXAS - Christian discipline? 2 arrested in alleged dragging of girl behind van at boot camp, By Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, August 10, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Boy whose mother is accused died of repeated injuries, doctor says, By Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, August 10, 2007 OREGON - The spank heard ’round the world, By Eric Uthus, The Daily -- University of Washington, August 1, 2007 L TEXAS - Abuse, neglect appear widespread in Texas schools for retarded, By Emily Ramshaw and Amy Rosen, Dallas Morning News, July 23, 2007 S OREGON - Is swatting someone's behind in middle school a sex crime? Documents in Yamhill County "Spanking" case, The Oregonian, July 20, 2007 UTAH - Loophole in state law has allowed some in teen-help industry to go unlicensed, By Kirsten Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 16, 2007 L MASSACHUSETTS - N.Y. report denounces shock use at school; Says students are living in fear, Boston Globe, By Scott Allen, Globe Staff, June 15, 2007 MISSISSIPPI - EDITORIAL: Close Columbia Training School, By JFP Staff, Jackson free Press, June 13, 2007 MISSISSIPPI - Mississippi Sued Over Alleged Abuse at Girls Detention Center, FOXNews.com, July 12, 2007 AUSTRALIA - Child abuse alarm, By Mary Papadakis, Herald Sun (Melbourne), July 8, 2007 MISSISSIPPI - Most districts still use paddle, By Rebecca Helmes, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, July 8, 2007 L COLORADO - Academy alleges libel, slander, By Vic Vela, Daily Record, July 7, 2007 MASSACHUSETTS - Montigny wants DSS investigated in city child abuse case, By Brian Boyd, staff writer, Standard Times, July 7, 2007 L S USA - Must-See Indy Film Exposes Cruel Teen Correction Programs By Maia Szalavitz, HuffingtonPost.com, July 7, 2007 OREGON - Woman Dies 16 Years After Beating Victim Fell Into Coma at Age Seven After Father's Brutal Attack, AOL News, July 4, 2007 MISSISSIPPI - Back to the Past?, By Adam Lynch, Jacksonfreepress.com, July 3, 2007 R USA - FOX Television Stations, Inc. Gives Free Advertising to Maker of Product that Endangers Children By Jordan Riak, July 1, 2007 L UK - Criticism over youth jail death, BBC News, June 28, 2007 L USA - MOVIE REVIEW: "Over the GW", If These Cold Walls Could Talk, By Nicolas Rapold, The New York Sun, June 28, 2007 TENNESSEE - Spanking a child is an act of violence, Letter to the editor by Nina Adel, Robertson County Times - TN, June 28, 2007 L USA - Romney, Torture, and Teens: The former governor's connections to abusive "tough love" camps, By Maia Szalavitz, reasononline (www.reason.com), June 27, 2007 ALABAMA - EDITORIAL: Child abuse cases go on every day in state & Nadine Block's letter to the editor, Decatur Daily, June 27, 2007 PENNSYLVANIA - Paddle maker up against national battle, By Jennifer Reeger, Tribune-Review, June 25, 2007 AUSTRALIA - Punches killed boy, says doctor, By Brendan Roberts, Herald-Sun, June 16, 2007 TEXAS - Reasonable and Moderate, Letter to the Editor of the Dallas Morning News from Jordan Riak, June 15, 2007 CALIFORNIA - AB 755 shelved; State gives green light to child beaters, A letter to California editors from Jordan Riak, June 5, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Spanking bill rejected, By Jim Sanders, Bee Capitol Bureau, The Sacramento Bee, June 1, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Teachers as bullies, Letter to The News & Observer, from Gary Schaffer, May 31, 2007 TENNESSEE - "RECEIVING WOOD" Jury hears of abuse by coaches; Ex-player at Hamilton describes paddlings, punches, insults, By Lawrence Buser, Commercial Appeal, May 30, 2007 SOUTH AFRICA - Bill bans corporal punishment, By David Spett, The Mercury, May 30, 2007 SOUTH AFRICA - SA set to extend spanking ban to the home, Mail & Guardian, May 30, 2007 INDIANA - Judge says mom can stand trial; Accused of abusing her 2 children, By Kelly Soderlund, Journal Gazette, May 26, 2007 MASSACHUSETTS - Pols deserve swat for proposed spanking ban, By Michele McPhee/ The Beat, Boston Herald Police Bureau Chief, Boston Herald, May 21, 2007 MASSACHUSETTS - Resolution to Reduce Violence by Refraining from Corporal Punishment of Children, Submitted to Boston City Council May 9, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - Anti-smacking bill passes by landslide with only three MPs voting no, EDITORIAL: The New Zealand Herald, May 3, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - Police welcome smacking bill compromise, By Audrey Young and Claire Trevett The New Zealand Herald, May 2, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - Anglican Maori support repeal of Section 59, The Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, May 1, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Student forced to urinate in bottle during class; Teacher transferred, student suspended, By Associated Press, FOX News.com, May 1, 2007 S, L TEXAS - Texas Youth Prison Official Fired; Inmate Abuse Alleged, By Lynn Brezosky, Associated Press Writer, FOX 4, April 29, 2007 L TEXAS - The Horrors of Hutto; Inside Texas' For-Profit Immigrant Prison, By Cindy Beringer, CounterPunch, April 28-29, 2007 USA - The Lucifer Effect; Understanding How Good People Turn Evil By Philip Zimbardo; Random House; 551 Pages, Reviewed by Michael Roth, San Francisco Chronicle, April 28, 2007 TENNESSEE - Teacher indicted; allegedly didn't report abuse, By Mary Jo Denton, Herald-Citizen, April 28, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Letter to the Contra Costa Times, By Jordan Riak, Contra Costa Times, April 27, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Church instructs parents: Spanking is God's will, By John Geluardi and Kim Wetzel, Contra Costa Times, April 26, 2007 CALIFORNIA - For pet trainer to the stars, short leash is not the answer, USA Today, April 26, 2007 TEXAS - Texas officials discuss whether spanking is child abuse, By Lynsey Bradley, Midland Reporter-Telegram, April 24, 2007 USA - Evil parents tortured Chevy, New York Post, April 23, 2007 TEXAS - Texas Juvenile Detention Centers Cope With Charges of Rape, Abuse, By Keith Elliot Greenberg, FOXNEWS.COM, April 16, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - Mother gets supervision for hitting child in face, The New Zealand Herald, April 15, 2007 S R PENNSYLVANIA - Priest defrocked for allegedly abusing boys, San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 2007 S L TEXAS - Ex-youth prison officials charged with inmate abuse, CNN.com, April 10, 2007 AUSTRALIA - Australia funds $2.5m anti-smacking campaign, By AAP, The Australian, April 6, 2007 CANADA - Teacher who threw feces at boy may keep job, By Scott Valentine, ca.today.reuters.com, April 3, 2007 NEW ZEALAND -- Democracy will survive the smacks, EDITORIAL: The New Zealand Herald, April 2, 2007 L TEXAS -- Texas Teen's Imprisonment Sparks Protests, By Sylvia Moreno, Washington Post Staff Writer, Washington Post, March 29, 2007 L TEXAS -- Head Of Youth Commission Ready For Changes; TYC Special Master Jay Kimbrough: Firstcast Interview, KXAN, March 26, 2007 L TEXAS - Youth Prisons Scandal Could Lead To Many Inmates Released, Reported by Morgan Palmer, 7-KLTV, March 26, 2007 L TEXAS -- Hundreds may be freed from TYC; Panel concentrating on inmates who had sentences extended, By Emily Ramshaw, eramshaw@dallasnews.com, March 24, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Ban the paddle: N.C. lawmakers should prohibit corporal punishment, The Charlotte Observer, March 23, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Stop Spanking, Winston-Salem Journal, March 21, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - PADDLE POLICY: A push to ban corporal punishment in public schools deserves high marks. It's time the state stopped spanking students, EDITORIAL, News & Observer, March 19, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - The Smacking Debate Story: Bradford's law will save our children, by Deborah Coddington, The New Zealand Herald, March 18, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - Anti-smacking bill opponents doing it more good than harm, by John Roughan, New Zealand Herald, March 17, 2007 L TEXAS -- Texas youth prison board ousted amid sex abuse scandal. All six members step down after reports that officials covered up molestation allegations., By Miguel Bustillo, Times Staff Writer, miguel.bustillo@latimes.com, March 17, 2007 NEW HAMPSHIRE - Another Spanking Gone Wrong; Attorney General is looking into new charges after Somersworth infant's death, By Associated Press, Foster's Online, March 8, 2007 NETHERLANDS - Netherlands outlaws parental spanking, Source: The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), March 7, 2007 TEXAS - Police Investigate All 22 Texas Youth Prisons for Inmate Abuse, By Associated Press, March 6, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Alamo man's life mission is banning corporal punishment for children, By Natalie O'Neill, The Danville Weekly, March 2, 2007 S MARYLAND - Second Grader Stripped Naked, Spanked in Front of Classmates; School Principal calls it "a family matter", By Jane Watrel, WRC/NBC News Channel, February 28, 2007 S MARYLAND - Aunt's Whipping of Boy in Class Investigated, By Nelson Hernandez, Washington Post Staff Writer Washington Post, February 27, 2007 L COSTA RICA - Lichfield Declared Innocent of Dundee Ranch Academy Abuse Charges, By Leland Baxter-Neal, Tico Times Staff | lbaxter@ticotimes.net, Tico Times, February 22, 2007 NEW ZEALAND - N.Z. bill banning corporal punishment survives key vote, By Associated Press, The Globe and Mail, February 22, 2007 CANADA - Spanking linked to abuse, By Sara Johnson, MLIS Candidate, The Gazette (Canada), February 21, 2007 KANSAS - Spanker protection bill dies in Senate, By Dion Lefler, Eagle Topeka bureau, Wichita Eagle, February 20, 2007 US - Spanking: When parents lift their hands -- It's better not to use corporal punishment, researchers agree. But, in fact, people do. Now we're learning the consequences, By Ben Harder, Special to the Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2007 S US - The decline of rape What the sharp decline in reported sexual assaults reveals about today's youth. By Mike Males, MIKE MALES is senior researcher at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco. E-mail: mmales@earthlink.net, Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2007 S UGANDA - Uganda: Son Tortured for Wetting Bed, By Ali Mambule, New Vision (Kampala), February 16, 2007 TEXAS - Texas looks at banning spanking in schools By Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso Times, February 16, 2007 NETHERLANDS - Why are Dutch children so happy?, By Kathryn Westcott, BBC News website, February 14, 2007 S TEXAS - Lawsuit accuses pastor of abuse, By Melody McDonald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 10, 2007 NEW HAMPSHIRE - Nashua children endured 'torture', By Lisa Redmond, The Lowell Sun, February 10, 2007 R GEORGIA - Defense, judge argue in Georgia child-murder trial, as dead boy's brother testifies, By Daniel Yee, Associated Press Writer and Anita Wadhwani, The Tennessean, February 8, 2007 L MARYLAND - CPR, 911 call for youth were delayed -- Bowling Brook staff believed boy feigned sleep while unconscious, school reports, By Gadi Dechter and Greg Garland, sun reporters, The Sun, January 31, 2007 R LEBANON - Mutilating for God -- Some children are forced into bloody rite, By Scheherezade Faramarzi, Associated Press Writer, January 30, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Bid to outlaw spanking stirs emotions -- Mountain View lawmaker's plan faces an uphill fight, By Ilene Lelchuk, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, January 30, 2007 CALIFORNIA - How would we enforce spanking ban -- Neighborhood watch?, By Dana Parsons, Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2007 WEST VIRGINIA - 5-year-old's final hours, By Tammie Toler, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, January 27, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Spanking ban -- Letter to the Editor, By Michelle Gómez, Corvallis Gazette-Times, January 23, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Proposal to ban spanking generates national buzz, By Mike Zapler, MEDIANEWS, Contra Costa Times, January 20, 2007 S ARIZONA - Grandmother strips, spanks boy in front of class, By Saxon Burns, Tuscon Weekly, January 18, 2007 CALIFORNIA - No Spanking Bill, SOURCE: FOX40 KTXL, January 11, 2007 CALIFORNIA - Letter to editors, By Jordan Riak, Sent to various publications, January 2007 TEXAS - Boy, 4, frightened of spanking, dies in fire, SOURCE: nbc5i.com, January 9, 2007 New York - NYCLU Calls On State Regents To Reject Regulations Permitting Schools To Use Noxious Stimuli To Punish Students With Disabilities, By NYCLU, January 8, 2007 KANSAS - Proposal would give immunity to schools that spank, By Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle, January 6, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Stop paddling students; Lawmakers should ban corporal punishment statewide, EDITORIAL: The Charlotte Observer, January 4, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Union schools prohibit paddling; Narrowly passed, formal ban follows 2 years of heated debate, By Emily S. Achenbaum, eachenbaum@charlotteobserver.com, Charlotte Observer, January 3, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Union County Schools Ban Corporal Punishment, 9 wsoctv.com, January 2, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA - Union County, N.C. Weighs Pupil-Beating, A letter from PTAVE to local area education policymakers and media, December 31, 2006 TAIWAN - Taiwan bans corporal punishment in schools; moves toward being an advanced, nurturing society, EDITORIAL, Taiwan Journal, December 22, 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE - Woman Gets Restraining Order Against Grandson, WMUR9 - New Hampshire, December 22, 2006 TENNESSEE - Jackson-Madison County School Board tackles schools' issues, By Tajuana Cheshier, Jackson Sun, December 15, 2007 PENNSYLVANIA - Trial set for dad in beating death of tot over Xbox incident, By Theresa Conroy, Philadelphia Daily News, December 13, 2006 TENNESSEE DCS mother still seeks paddling ban, By Jim Ashley, The Herald-News, December 6, 2007 OHIO - Police Chief's Convictions For Spanking Program Go Bottoms Up, North Country Gazette, December 2, 2006 WISCONSIN - 7-year-old suffocated during restraint; death charges filed, By Kevin Harter, Pioneer Press - TwinCities.com, December 1, 2006 L NEW YORK - Ivy Ridge Academy accreditation rejected; New York Officials Declare Academy at Ivy Ridge "Educational Fraud" , Newswatch50.com, December 1, 2006 UNITED STATES - 7M in U.S. Jails, on Probation or Parole, By Kasie Hunt, Associated Press Writer, breitbart.com/news, November 30, 2006 L FLORIDA - Charges Filed in Boot Camp Death, Central Florida News 13, November 28, 2006 ARKANSAS - Letter to writer John Balch of the Nashville Leader about the Murfreesboro school paddling incident, By Barbara Neff, November 22, 2006 CANADA - Stop spanking kids: UN envoy Canada violates rights agreement by letting parents hit their children, Lewis tells forum, By Lindsay Kines, Times Colonist, November 21, 2006 MISSISSIPPI - Deadly discipline - Vicksburg mother beat 5-year-old to death because he couldn't count to 20, By staff and wire reports, The Clarion Ledger, November 18, 2006 OKLAHOMA - Schools have alternatives to corporal punishment, EDITORIAL: Muskogee Phoenix, November 17, 2006 GREECE - Greece outlaws corporal punishment in the home, SOURCE: www.endcorporalpunishment.org, November 2006 R CALIFORNIA - Private Christian school under scrutiny over campus conditions, corporal punishment, By Jennifer Kabbany - Staff Writer , The Californian, November 14, 2006 OKLAHOMA - Letter to the Editor of the Muskogee Phoenix from Jordan Riak, November 14, 2006 OKLAHOMA - Parents file complaint over swats By Donna Hales, Phoenix Staff Writer , The Muskogee Phoenix, November 14, 2006 ARKANSAS - Authorities investigating school discipline incident, By John Balch, Leader staff, Nashville Leader, November 8, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA - N.C. Court of Appeals: Corporal punishment not necessarily abuse, By Associated Press, wway3tv.com, November 7, 2006 INDIANA - The spanking, torture and murder of 4-year-old Aiyana Gauvin, November 3, 2006 GEORGIA - Three-year-old spanked to death -- Woman gets life for killing adopted son, www.weartv.com, November 3, 2006 R S SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi court sentences rape victim to 90 lashes By DPA, Jerusalem Post, November 2, 2006 US - Child Abuse May Alter Victims' Brain Chemistry, Study Shows, Chicago Tribune, November 1, 2006 CALIFORNIA - Mother held on suspicion of murder, torture, child abuse -- Child welfare contacted 3 times before boy died, By Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA - Atty. J. Robert Sheppard, Jr.'s Letter to the Members of the Union County Board of Education, October 30, 2006 R S L MISSOURI - School of Last Resort, By Maria Eftimiades, PEOPLE, October 23, 2006 R L INDIANA - Youth facility in Marion under fire for its tactics -- New Horizons official says problems of the past are being solved, By Teresa Auch, The Chronicle-Tribune, October 22, 2006 UN - Child abuse 'widespread', UN says, BBC News, October 12, 2006 NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand National Party gets behind limits on smacking, By Simon Collins, New Zealand Herald, October 12, 2006 USA - Childhoods of CEOs Reconsidered, By Mitch Hall, October 10, 2006 USA - CEOs Often Spanked as Kids, By Del Jones, USA TODAY, October 9, 2006 R USA - In God’s Name -- As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation, By Diana B. Henriques, New York Times, October 8, 2006 UN - States should ban violence against children: UN study, SOURCE: www.thenews.com.pk, October 5, 2006 SOUTH CAROLINA - Parents: Teacher crossed the line with discipline -- Police report filed over alleged stomping incident, By Monica Chen, The Herald, October 3, 2006 DENMARK - Scolding harms children - study, CNN.com, October 1, 2006 TEXAS - In Many Public Schools, the Paddle Is No Relic, By Rick Lyman, New York Times, September 30, 2006 TENNESSEE - PADDLING: A practice that belongs in the dark ages, A letter to the editor by The Rev. Thomas E. Sagendorf, September 27, 2006 USA - House Approves School Strip Search Bill, SOURCE: www.drugpolicy.org, September 20, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA - Ex-Yorktown mom takes on N.C. schools over corporal punishment, By Brian J. Howard, The Journal News, September 14, 2006 PENNSYLVANIA - 'Breach of sportsmanlike conduct' Youth coach convicted in autistic player's beaning, By Associated Press, SI.com, September 14, 2006 CALIFORNIA - Letter to Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, By Isabelle Allgood-Neal, Member, PTAVE Board of Directors, Spetember 13, 2006 R USA - Jordan Riak's letter to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, September 9, 2006 Adobe Reader required TEXAS - Warrants issued for boys accused in spanking girls, By Barbara Green, Times Record News, September 9, 2006 USA - Corporal Punishment’s Hidden Costs, By Salim Muwakkil, In These Times, September 8, 2006 MISSISSIPPI - Mississippi school board marches sideways, PTAVE, September 7, 2006 SOUTH AFRICA - Hitting kids 'will be criminal', News24.com (SA), September 7, 2006 NEW ZEALAND - Auckland City Council takes a stand against S59, Green Party notice to mailing list subscribers, August 25, 2006 MISSISSIPPI - An open letter to the Desoto County parent and school board community, By Peggy Dean, Desoto County Tribune, August 24, 2006 TEXAS - Letter to Dallas Morning News re: "Giving power to the paddle", By Jordan Riak, August 22, 2006 TEXAS - Giving power to the paddle -- Some North Texas school districts are holding fast to corporal punishment, but critics say they're out of whack, By Kim Breem and Kathy A. Goolsby, Dallas Morning News, August 20, 2006 KOREA - EDITORIAL: A reevaluation of corporal punishment, The Hankyoreh, August 21, 2006 USA - Too much anger in black youth today, By Clarence Page, News-Leader.com, August 17, 2006 CALIFORNIA - Jordan Riak's letter to Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, August 13, 2006 Adobe Reader required U.S.A. - Exploitation of Youth & Families: Perspectives on Unregulated Residential Treatment, By Allison Pinto, Ph.D., Monica Epstein, Ph.D., Paul Lewis, B.B.A., Kathryn Whitehead, B.A. Presented to APA Convention, August 12, 2006 NEW ZEALAND - New Zealanders Demand Spanking Ban After Deaths of Maori Twins, Reporter: Tina Morrison, Bloomberg.com, August 9, 2006 MISSISSIPPI - Laurel, Mississippi schools OK corporal punishment, By Nathan Martin, LL-C Correspondent, Laurel Leader-Call, August 09, 2006 L CALIFORNIA - Three disciplined in suicide of 18-year-old at youth prison, By Don Thompson, Associated Press, Mercury News, July 21, 2006 AFGHANISTAN - Hard Lessons in Herat Schools: Despite a ban on corporal punishment, schoolteachers in Herat insist on beating knowledge into their charges, By Sadeq Behnam and Sudabah Afzali in Herat, Afghan Recovery Report, No. 223, July 20, 2006 U.S. - COSBY, OTHERS SAY BLACK MEN STILL IN CRISIS, By Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2006 L U.S. Controversy Surrounds Tranquility Bay, By Basia Pioro, Caymanian Compass, July 13, 2006 BANGLADESH - Ban on Corporal Punishment in Schools reaps results in Bangladesh, Source: Save the Children - Australia, June 11, 2006 L U.S. Rough Love: Kids from South Florida and beyond are sent to Jamaica to straighten up. Or else., By Joanne Green, Miami New Times, June 22, 2006 L MASSACHUSETTS - A shocking form of therapy, By Brian A. Joyce, Boston Globe, June 19, 2006 NEBRASKA - 25-year-old dad accused of spanking 5-week-old, Lincoln Journal Star, June 17, 2006 L MASSACHUSETTS - Judge Rotenberg Center investigated for alleged cruelty to children, June, 2006 L MASSACHUSETTS - N.Y. report denounces shock use at school; Says students are living in fear By Scott Allen, Globe Staff, Boston Globe, June 15, 2006 L MASSACHUSETTS - Kids hurt in shock therapy school, By Michael Gormley, Associated Press Writer, Boston Globe, June 14, 2006 R U.S. - Suffer little children; US evangelists are twisting the Bible to say that beating the young is a Christian doctrine, By Giles Fraser, The Guardian, June 8, 2006 L NEW YORK - Woman distraught: denied visit with sister at Ivy Ridge Academy, WWTI-abc, June 6, 2006 R S ILLINOIS - COUNSELING OR ABUSE? Pastor causes bruises and welts to teen girl's buttocks [Four articles] May 2006 S U.K. - 'All pretty little girls deserve to be lightly spanked every day' Daily Record, May 31, 2006 OHIO - Principal suspended without pay for allegedly restraining student with chain, By Katie Byard, staff writer, Beacon Journal, May 24, 2006 L R LOUISIANA - Boot camp youth dies of thirst after forced exercise; 8 indicted, KSLA News 12, May 24, 2006 L MASSACHUSETTS - A question of 'tough love' vs. torture, By Scott Allen, The Boston Globe, May 22, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA - Teacher accused of abusing autistic child, By Jennifer Brevorka, Staff Writer, The News-Observer, May 17, 2006 R S ILLINOIS - Church members mum on pastor, By Nathaniel Zimmer, Chicago Sun-Times, May 17, 2006 NEW YORK - The Harlem Children's Zone; How One Man's Vision To Revitalize Harlem Starts With Children, 60 Minutes, CBS, May 14, 2006 INDIANA - School Bus Aide Charged With Beating Boy, By AP, Netscape News, May 13, 2006 R S ILLINOIS - Pastor charged with spanking girl, By Charles Keeshan, Staff Writer, Daily Herald, May 11, 2006 L FLORIDA - Autopsy: Boot camp guards killed teen; Second coroner's examination finds 14-year-old suffocated, CNN, May 5, 2006 L FLORIDA - Second autopsy finds boy hit at boot camp died of suffocation, By Mitch Stacy, Associated Press, May 5, 2006 R USA - Divine Discipline, Lance West Reporting for NewsChannel 4, KFOR-TV-DT, April 28, 2006 CALIFORNIA - Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Woman Spanked at Work, By JULIANA BARBASSA, AP, AOL News, April 27, 2006 USA - Peggy Dean's Letter to First Lady Laura Bush, April 26, 2006 L FLORIDA - Lawmakers close to deal to eliminate juvenile boot camps, By Brent Kallestad, Associated Press, April 26, 2006 S, L INDIANA - Juvenile Jail Workers Charged in Sex Case, By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press Writer, Chicago Tribune, April 24, 2006 INDIA - Teachers may no longer spank school students, By Radhika D Srivastava , The Times of India, April 22, 2006 S, R IOWA - Youth minister accused of sexually abusing teenager, By Associated Press, WHOtv.com, April 22, 2006 S, R TEXAS - Youth Minister Accused Of Sex Crime, nbc5i.com, April 21, 2006 FLORIDA - House may vote on child abuse law; Parents who say their children were abused at a Venice day-care center have fought for the bill., By Liz Babiarz, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 21, 2006 See earlier materials at http://nospank.net/news5.htm

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