CA–Child abuse legislation clears first hurdle
On July - 6 - 2010
SACRAMENTO — For the past two years, Assembly Member Mike Villines has pushed for a new child abuse law named after a Fresno boy — only to see his legislation stopped by Democrats worried about prison overcrowding.
The bill’s fortunes might change this year.
Assembly Bill 1280 — which increases penalties for child abuse that causes severe injury — cleared a key hurdle last week by passing the Senate Public Safety Committee. The legislation has never made it this far.
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By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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