Court Cases

Blows Against The Empire: The Gribben Trial - - Susan Gribben had been charged with killing her four young children with prior calculation and design. Ms. Gribben had been born to an alcoholic mother and a father who became a convicted sex offender.

Frontline: The Child Terror - - Frontline examines child sexual abuse and how, during the 1980s, mounting fears of child sexual abuse in day care centers led to a new prosecutorial crusade against child molesters in South Florida.

John Doe vs. Porter-Gaud - - Edward Fischer, a former Porter-Gaud teacher, is charged with molesting 13 boys between 1960 and 1997. Fischer resigned from Porter-Gaud in 1982 after allegations of abuse.

Legal Motion to Exclude Evidence of Penile Plethysmography - - The motion summarizes the Daubert ruling, extensively quotes to the literature on the subject of sexual behavior assessment and collects the cases which disallow such evidence in legal proceedings.

Megan's Law Debated Before High Court - - Opponents of Pennsylvania's "Megan's Law," asked the state Supreme Court to declare the law unconstitutional.

Patterson v. State Of Alaska - - Opinion of the Court of Appeals No. A-6718, Trial Court No. 3KN-S96-409CR. The duty to register under ASORA does not violate the prohibition against ex post facto legislation.

Sexually Violent Predator Law Ruled Constitutional - - A state appeals court has ruled that California's nine-month-old sexually violent predator (SVP) law is constitutional.

US Code : Title 18, Chapter 109A - - United States Code, Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Chapter 109A - Sexual Abuse.