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It’s a documented fact that victims of child sexual abuse are at a much higher risk of developing long-term psychological, emotional, and physical disorders including depression, guilt, and anxiety. The lingering memories of sexual abuse in schools and even home are often difficult to suppress and changes how the victim thinks and acts over their lifetime. Some researchers go so far as to claim that child sexual abuse changes a person forever.

Unraveling the Grim Statistics of Child Sexual Abuse in 2022

While there are few definitive statistics that reveal how often child sexual abuse in schools occurs, many survivors are coming forward about their experiences. The Children’s Bureau from the Department of Health and Human Services reported that at least 9.2% of children were sexually assaulted.

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CDC Prisoners seeking early release via the granting of parole.

LA DA GEORGE GASCON CONTINUES TO MAKE WAVES WITH PAROLE CHANGES

Since being sworn in as Los Angeles County District Attorney in December 2020, George Gascon has hardly been out of the headlines. From eliminating sentence enhancements for hate crimes and dismissing gang enhancements to removing firearm allegations and continuing to push for resentencing and sentence commutation; Gascon has shown himself to maintain a progressive approach focused on rehabilitation. His latest changes to the DA’s office have been highly controversial. 

NEW LA COUNTY DA PROMOTING SWEEPING CHANGES (GEORGE GASCON)

On December 7, 2020, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon was sworn in as the County’s 43rd District Attorney. Following his defeat of Jackie Lacey, a DA who had built a reputation for a “tough-on-crime” approach, Gascon went straight to work making changes to his office true to his platform of criminal justice reform, progressive services, and rehabilitative prosecution. A main goal of his platform being lowering the prison population. 

Gascon’s less punitive approach to crime includes no more gang enhancements, eliminating cash bail (including no longer seeking bail for anyone facing a misdemeanor charge or non-violent or non-serious felony), ending use of the death penalty, and providing resentencing eligibility. These major changes are expected to lead to the early release of thousands of state prison inmates whom Gascon said are unfairly serving overly long sentences.

Facts About Prop 57: “The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act” of 2016

In November 2016, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 57 (64% to 35%) to enhance public safety, stop the revolving door of crime by emphasizing rehabilitation, and prevent Federal Courts from releasing inmates.

Under Prop 57, CDCR incentivizes inmates to take responsibility for their own rehabilitation with credit-earning opportunities for sustained good behavior, as well as in-prison program and activities participation. Prop 57 also moves up parole consideration of non-violent offenders who have served the full-term of the sentence for their primary offense and who demonstrate that their release to the community would not pose an unreasonable risk of violence to the community. These changes will lead to improved inmate behavior and a safer prison environment for inmates and staff alike, and give inmates skills and tools to be more productive members of society once they complete their incarceration and transition to supervision. 

Many people aren’t aware of criminal offenses that fall under the umbrella of “prostitution” such as pandering, a felony offense very similar to prostitution that can result in harsh punishment for those found guilty. Unfortunately, in Los Angeles it seems that when it comes to notoriety of victims getting the justice they deserve, there is a very obvious and decided line between black and white – and sexual orientation.. Unless you live “off the grid” or have been living under a rock in recent months, you’ve likely heard about all of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein – but what you may NOT have heard much about is the death of Gemmel Moore, a gay black man who was found dead in Ed Buck’s home this past summer. Buck is a white man who is reportedly gay, and a prominent donor to the Democratic party. Stories of victims who are mostly white women seem to be far more publicized and prominent in the media when it comes to alleged sexual crimes than those involving people of color or who are gay.

What are pimping and pandering, exactly? Pimping involves a person gaining financially from the prostitution of another individual or for locating clients for a prostitute, while pandering is a type of “recruiting” that is done when a person persuades, encourages, or induces someone to become a prostitute.

Ed Buck is a white man with financial means who allegedly has a long list of victims and has been called a sexual predator. Some of the stories black gay men have told (and provided evidence to support) involving Buck include forced drug use, kidnapping, the injection of crystal meth into unconscious victims, and filing false police reports in an effort to hide his criminal behavior which is said to include pimping, pandering, and coercion. Sadly, few of Buck’s alleged victims have received the media coverage and attention Harvey Weinstein’s alleged victims have, but why? Likely it’s due to the color and/or sexual orientation of the victims.

Over the Labor Day weekend, Riverside police began searching for a man after a six-year-old girl claimed she was sexually assaulted by the man, whom she let into the home. According to one news report at ABC 7, police were called to a home near an elementary school in the 5400 block of Picker Street at approximately 6:30 a.m. on September 6th.

The girl’s mother said that the man came up to her daughter’s window and woke her up, telling the girl he had a surprise for her mother, whose birthday is this month. The girl told her mother that once she let the man inside the house, he touched her. The girl was told by the man to change her clothes, at which point he began touching her over the clothing according to the girl. News reports say the man fled the home quickly when the girl began to panic.

A news report at KTLA 5 stated the girl got away from the suspect and was trying to go notify her parents when the man left and fled in a pickup truck. The little girl said she did not know the man, however she described him to a sketch artist as having a thin build, dark hair, and in his late 50’s. He is thought to be about 5′ 7″ tall, and may be Hispanic as the victim said he had an accent. She also described his left eye as being “droopy.”

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