So R. Kelly was found not guilty last Friday afternoon of child pornography charges. It turns out I know the State’s Attorney prosecuting the case, Shauna Boliker, since we have been at many meetings in Chicago about youth in the sex trade. Chicago is my hometown and it was widespread knowledge that R. Kelly liked [...]
In this week’s news:
A Seattle man is charged with raping and pimping out a 12 year old who he met walking down the street.
Outside of San Diego a man is on trial for trying to force 4 teenage girls into prostitution. They are testifying about what happened and how they escaped by finding the right [...]
For this week’s news links…
If you remember almost a couple of weeks ago I posted about an amazing new booklet on police brutality against women of color and trans people of color here. To follow up on that check out the Nov/Dec issue of ColorLines. A series of articles detail an investigation into fatal police [...]
So usually I find five news items a week that catch my eye and post them here. But this week I just couldn’t make up my mind so here’s double the usual news items because there is a lot going on.
In Rochester, NY, a woman was charged with pimping a 13 year old family member.
In [...]
Here’s the news that caught my eye this week.
While a major trial is happening in Vancouver for one serial killer, Winnipeg is coming to the conclusion they have more than one serial killer still targeting women and youth on the streets.
A seventeen-year-old young woman Fonasa Lynn Bruyere, who went missing in August, was just identified [...]
Here are the updates in recent news this week.
A 13 year old girl who is alleged to have killed her father will be charged as a minor. The media has focused on the dirty house and mentioning as an afterthought her statement that he sexually abused her.
I noted a few weeks ago that physical evidence [...]
Last week I read a couple of news articles that had me thinking about a much more complicated topic and I needed a moment to even start to address it. It’s about women in the sex trade who are a few years older outside of being juveniles and are charged or convicted of crimes along [...]
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