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Santa Clara County Puts 10 Social Workers on Leave in 'Baby Jaxon' Case

The step signals mounting pressure on the foster‑care agency after the toddler's death.

Alabama Death Row Inmate Seeks Fast-Tracked Execution After Appeal Upheld

Kansas Man Gets 50 Years for Rape and Murder of 5-Year-Old Zoey Felix

Jarvis Butts Found Dead at Michigan Intake Prison Two Weeks After Sentencing

Madanapalle Child Rape-Murder Suspect Found Dead in Tank as Police Cite Suspected Suicide

Prosecutors File 9 New Child-Sex Counts Against L.A. Youth Coach Accused in 13-Year-Old's Killing

Stepfather Arrested in Delhi Stepson’s Killing as Separate Child-Sex Cases Advance in Delhi and Bhilai

20-Year Sentences in Kerala Actress Assault Cap a Week of Tough Rulings in Sex-Crime Cases

Florida Executes Bryan Jennings for 1979 Child Murder, Marking Record 16th Death This Year

Florida Man Charged With Killing 2 Children Before Setting Trailer Fire

South African Nursery Worker Convicted of Murder and Rape of Partner's 4-Year-Old as Sentencing Is Delayed to 2026

Paris Child Killer Gets Irreducible Life Term, First Woman in France to Receive Maximum Sentence

Former Teacher and Partner Plead Not Guilty in Death of 13-Month-Old They Sought to Adopt

Suicide Note and Autopsy Guide Probe After Two 13-Year-Olds Found in Karnataka Well

Delhi Police Arrest Parole Jumper Convicted of 2007 Child Rape-Murder in Patna

Johannesburg Teacher Guilty of Murder and Rape of Partner’s 4-Year-Old as Court Sets October 27 Sentencing

Delhi Police Arrest 10 in Gang Rape-Murder of 14-Year-Old

Madeline Soto’s Killer Gets Life Sentences After Plea Deal Removes Death Penalty

Uttar Pradesh Police Kill Suspect in Rape and Murder of Eight-Year-Old After 20-Day Manhunt

Delhi Police Intensify Hunt for Suspects in Nehru Vihar Child Murder and Paharganj Strangulation