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Panel recommends broader definition of ‘position of trust’ in child sex abuse laws

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//November 25, 2019//

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Panel recommends broader definition of ‘position of trust’ in child sex abuse laws

Panel recommends broader definition of ‘position of trust’ in child sex abuse laws

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//November 25, 2019//

A special committee wants to revamp Arizona’s sex abuse laws to make it easier to prosecute some people who violate their position of trust with their youthful victims. But members...

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Tags: Board of education, statute of limitations, sexual abuse, prosecutors, doug ducey, Patrick Ptak, Joelle Casteix, Paul Boyer, Victims of Child Sex Abuse Tax Force

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