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Rochelle Sharpe
When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied parole to a battered woman last week, he underscored a message that courts and prosecutors are increasingly giving mothers: They can be prosecuted for murder and imprisoned if they fail to prevent their children from being killed. …
Continue readingShy woman rises to become a symbol: Jane Roe speaks out to save ‘her law’
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Rochelle Sharpe
Norma McCorvey spent so many years hiding her identity, she has trouble convincing people that she exists.
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Rochelle Sharpe
Police turn soft on crime when they investigate their own brutality. …
Continue readingSuicide at MIT raises parents’ ire
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Rochelle Sharpe
The day before Elizabeth Shin set herself on fire, her parents drove through a spring snowstorm to see her at MIT.
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