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Society's Child
Norman, Oklahoma -- A jury recommended the death penalty Friday for a man convicted of luring a 10-year-old girl into his apartment, killing her and mutilating her body.
Jeffrey Bastien has a "deviant" sexual attraction to children of both sexes that is likely "something he'll be fighting the rest of his life," a dangerous offender court hearing was told Wednesday.
Psychologist Dr. David Fischman said the result of phallometric testing he conducted in 2002 to measure Bastien's sex drive is "a very robust predictor" of the likelihood he will reoffend in the future once released back into the community.
Psychologist Dr. David Fischman said the result of phallometric testing he conducted in 2002 to measure Bastien's sex drive is "a very robust predictor" of the likelihood he will reoffend in the future once released back into the community.
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| File photo of Jeffrey Bastien, 30, leaving Superior Court after a recent appearance. Bastien is subject of a dangerous offender application by the Crown. He is a convicted repeat sex offender. |
The Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have signed the last in a series of pacts, paving the way for a final peace agreement.
The latest signing follows months of on-and-off talks in the southern Sudanese city of Juba, where the rebels once had their bases.
Riek Machar, chief mediator, told the delegations after signing the texts: "You have finally signed the necessary agreements and protocols for the final agreement."
The texts provide for the disarmament and demobilisation of the LRA.
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| LRA chief Joseph Kony with one of his
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The latest signing follows months of on-and-off talks in the southern Sudanese city of Juba, where the rebels once had their bases.
Riek Machar, chief mediator, told the delegations after signing the texts: "You have finally signed the necessary agreements and protocols for the final agreement."
The texts provide for the disarmament and demobilisation of the LRA.
The UK government is desperately trying to rescue a large UK mortgage lender while the Federal Reserve is secretly funding US banks to keep them afloat. The collapse of the international banking system is imminent. For the elite it will be a bonanza while for the rest of us it spells a return to servitude in a feudal society.
While serving time for sexual assault, Jeffrey Bastien would sneak his cell door open a crack and fantasize about molesting female guards, a dangerous offender hearing heard Friday.
The BBC has postponed a drama about teenage suicide in the light of recent deaths in Bridgend.
Dis/Connected looks at the impact of the death of a teenage girl on her friends. No date has yet been set for when it will now be shown.
A total of 17 young people are thought to have taken their lives in the county of Bridgend in little more than a year. The most recent death, on Tuesday, was of 16-year-old Jenna Parry, who was found hanging near her home in Cefn Cribbwr.
Dis/Connected looks at the impact of the death of a teenage girl on her friends. No date has yet been set for when it will now be shown.
A total of 17 young people are thought to have taken their lives in the county of Bridgend in little more than a year. The most recent death, on Tuesday, was of 16-year-old Jenna Parry, who was found hanging near her home in Cefn Cribbwr.
A grieving dad yesterday insisted there are links between at least three of the young Bridgend suicide victims.
Christopher Claypole's stepson David Dilling, 19, was the second of 17 from the town to have been found hanged in just over a year.
Christopher Claypole's stepson David Dilling, 19, was the second of 17 from the town to have been found hanged in just over a year.
The tragic history of suicides in the town and the search for an explanation.
The town of Bridgend
The former mining town, population 39,000, has struggled to attract new industries. The claimant count in Bridgend is 9%, the second highest in Wales, with many on incapacity benefit. Historically, it has had a high suicide rate and, as a coastal town with high unemployment rates, a high rate of suicide among young males might be expected.
The town of Bridgend
The former mining town, population 39,000, has struggled to attract new industries. The claimant count in Bridgend is 9%, the second highest in Wales, with many on incapacity benefit. Historically, it has had a high suicide rate and, as a coastal town with high unemployment rates, a high rate of suicide among young males might be expected.
The U.S. Navy likely will make its first attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite Wednesday night. The U.S. government issued a formal notice warning ships and planes to stay clear of a large area of the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii.
Another body of a young person has been found in the Bridgend area.
The girl was named locally as 16-year-old Jenna Parry, who was from the village of Cefn Cribwr, around five miles from Bridgend.
Her body was found early this morning in a woodland area by a man walking his dog across the village common.
The discovery came ahead of a briefing this afternoon by South Wales Police about the number of suspected suicides in the county over the past year.
The death in Cefn Cribwr is the 17th suspected suicide of a young person in the Bridgend county area.
The girl was named locally as 16-year-old Jenna Parry, who was from the village of Cefn Cribwr, around five miles from Bridgend.
Her body was found early this morning in a woodland area by a man walking his dog across the village common.
The discovery came ahead of a briefing this afternoon by South Wales Police about the number of suspected suicides in the county over the past year.
The death in Cefn Cribwr is the 17th suspected suicide of a young person in the Bridgend county area.
