Restitution for Child Victims Returns to the Supreme Court, More boys sexually abused at M'sian orphanage: NGO

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Restitution for Child Victims Returns to the Supreme
Court
By James R. Marsh on November 27, 2012

Today, the Marsh Law Firm, along with co-counsel Paul G. Cassell and
Carol L. Hepburn, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the
United States Supreme Court.

Almost 20 years ago, Congress enacted the Mandatory Restitution for
Sexual Exploitation of Children Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2259, to benefit
victims of federal child pornography crimes, including petitioners
like Amy and Vicky, whose child sex abuse images are traded and
collected over the internet by countless individuals worldwide....

The question presented in this cert petition is whether the Mandatory
Restitution for Sexual Exploitation of Children Statute, 18 U.S.C. §
2259, excuses a defendant from paying restitution for the itemized
loss categories unless there is proof that the victim’s losses were
the proximate result of an individual defendant’s child pornography
crime.

The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether or not to grant this
petition early next year. If the Court decides to hear the case, oral
arguments and a decision are likely this term which ends on October 1,
2013.

http://www.childlaw.us/2012/11/restitution-for-child-victims-.html

describes abuse

More boys sexually abused at M'sian orphanage: NGO
Asia News Network By R.S.N. Murali in Malacca/The Star | Asia News
Network – Fri, Nov 23, 2012

Malacca (The Star/ANN) - An NGO has claimed that more underage boys
are being sexually abused at a government home for boys in Durian Daun
in the Malaysian state of Malacca.

Three boys, aged 13 and 14, lodged police reports on Nov 12 at the
state police headquarters in Malacca, Malaysian Welfare and Social
Organisation (Perbak) president Muhammad Khairul Hafiz claimed....

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-boys-sexually-abused-msian-orphanage-ngo-090002503.html