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Update Express is provided by the National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse to help child abuse professionals keep abreast of new legislation, case law, and relevant news.
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2008

JULY 2008
In Giles v. California, the Supreme Court of the United States Held That the State Must Prove that the Defendant Intended to Procure the Unavailability of a Witness In Order to Apply the Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Exception To the Sixth Amendment’s Right to Confrontation Clause

JUNE 2008
The Supreme Court of the United States Holds in United States v. Williams That 18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(3)(B) Is Not Impermissibly Overbroad or Void for Vagueness

MAY 2008
The Supreme Court of Texas upheld a Court of Appeals order requiring the Texas Department of Family Protective Services to return more than 460 children taken into protective custody.

MARCH 2008
Eighth Circuit Holds That a Co-Tenant May Consent to a Search Despite the Earlier Express Objections of an Absent Co-Tenant

JANUARY 2008
United States Teenage Birth Rate Increases Sharply in 2006
2007

JANUARY 2007
Study on “REPEATED QUESTIONS, DECEPTION, AND CHILDREN’S TRUE AND FALSE REPORTS OF BODY TOUCH” Finds Inconsistency Not Related to Veracity