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Osborne v. Ohio, 495 U.S. 103 (1990), is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution allows states to outlaw the possession, as distinct from the distribution, of child pornography. [1]
Ohio v. Roberts is no longer controlling authority. The Supreme Court later ruled, in Crawford v. Washington, that because the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution specifies the right to confrontation, an “indicia of reliability” was not an adequate substitute for cross-examination. But the Court's recent decision in Michigan v.
487 U.S. 977: 1988: Coy v. Iowa: 487 U.S. 1012: 1988: External links. Supreme Court of the United States (www.supremecourt.gov) United States Supreme Court cases in ...
Child sexual abuse has been recognized specifically as a type of child maltreatment in U.S. federal law since the initial Congressional hearings on child abuse in 1973. [1] Child sexual abuse is illegal in every state, [2] as well as under federal law. [3] Among the states, the specifics of child sexual abuse laws vary, but certain features of ...
An Ohio couple who tortured their five adopted sons in “dungeon”-like conditions and deprived them of food and water, among other abuses, has been sentenced after taking a plea deal.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruling went back to a Cleveland case in which a man was sentenced to nine months in prison for abusing a kitten. Ohio Supreme Court: People who abuse stray animals can face ...
The execution of mentally retarded defendants violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. 8th 2005 Roper v. Simmons: In a ruling that followed Wainwright (in assessing the nature of cruel and unusual punishments), children may not be given the death penalty 8th, 14th 2010 Graham v. Florida
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