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Police Use Facebook Data to Charge Mother and Daughter for Illegal Abortion

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At the request of Nebraska police, Facebook handed the user data of a mother and daughter facing criminal charges for allegedly carrying out an illegal abortion, burning the fetus and then burying it, reports The Guardian. In Nebraska, abortions are banned after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The teenager is now being tried as an adult.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

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And she is the Director of Experiential Learning and a lecturer at the University of South Dakota School of Law. So I am a recent transfer to the law school, but I would say probably, more importantly, I’m a proud aunt, first-generation law student, and first-generation college student. Tamara Nash: Thank you.

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

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Supreme Court, in Kansas v. The landmark 5-4 ruling also concluded that the Kansas law governing the practice did not constitute double jeopardy since it merely authorized “civil” rather than “criminal” commitments. On June 23 1997, the U.S. Taken together with Kansas v.