child abuse

Nixzmary Brown’s Mother Sentenced to Longer Term than Girl’s Actual Killer

by Cara November 21, 2008

I have previously written about the horrific crime that was Nixzmary Brown’s murder.  Her killer and stepfather Cesar Rodriguez got the maximum sentence of 26 1/3 to 29 years in prison for the crime of which he was accused, manslaughter of the seven-year-old girl. Now Nixzmary’s mother Nixzaliz Santiago has also been sentenced in the [...]

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Man Accused of Raping Teen With Disability

by Cara July 18, 2008

I can’t possibly be the only one who gets just slightly more angry when horrible shit goes down in their neighborhood, can I? I can’t put my finger on it, and it’s not that the crimes committed are worse, there’s just something inherently offensive and, I guess real about horrible offenses when they take place [...]

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And Yet Again I Ask: What The Fuck Is Wrong With People?

by Cara July 12, 2008

TRIGGER WARNING Lauredhel sent me this horrific story from her own local newspaper.

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Maximum Sentence

by Cara April 4, 2008

Cesar Rodriguez has received a maximum sentence for the manslaughter of seven-year-old stepdaughter Nixzmary Brown. Nxzmary died of child abuse syndrome, specifically from blunt impact to the head with subdural hematoma. It followed years of abuse at the hands of her stepfather who beat her, starved her (she weighed 36lbs), tied her to chairs, apparently [...]

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Breaking: Nixzmary Brown’s Stepfather Convicted of Manslaughter

by Cara March 18, 2008

Cesar Rodriguez – stepfather of Nixzmary Brown, the 7-year-old girl who was subject to persistent physical abuse that eventually killed her – was convicted of manslaughter. A jury in Brooklyn acquitted Cesar Rodriguez, the stepfather of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, of second-degree murder Tuesday, but convicted him of a lesser charge, first-degree manslaughter, for fatally beating her as [...]

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