Blackwater guards jailed for death of 14 Iraqi civilians

The sentenced Blackwater guards: Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough

A court in Washington DC, USA has jailed four Blackwater guards over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

One of the guards has been sentenced for life while three others have been sentenced for 30 years each.

It may be added that Nicholas Slatten and three others were convicted last year for the killings in Baghdad's crowded Nisoor Square. A further 17 Iraqis were injured as the private contractors opened fire to clear the way for a US convoy.

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USA: Child Molester Laughs at Judge - Gets Nearly 600 Years

On Thursday, Richard Carl Heeringa, a 57-year-old Douglas County, Colo. serial child-sex offender, was sentenced to 576 years in prison on 17 counts of sexually assaulting a child, 9news reports.

Heeringa declined to speak during his hearing, but he apparently found the proceedings humorous. According to 7News, Heeringa laughed at Judge Paul King during the sentencing who responded, "If you're laughing now, stay tuned. You deserve every century that I'm going to give you."

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Father sentenced for 15 years for keep daughter locked in bathroom for months

[ via New Times ] 14 Dec

The Bad Dad

Scott Bass, 31, from Phoenix was sentenced for 15 years Wednesday in prison for locking his his 14-year-old daughter in a bathroom for months. The girl was barely fed her and forced her to exercise until exhaustion

In January 2010, Bass' daughter escaped from the bathroom she'd been locked in for more than two months by crawling through a linen closet, climbing into an attic crawl space, kicking out a loose board, and running out the back door. The girl then rode a bike to a coffee shop, where employees called police. 

When police raided the house, they found a bucket full of urine, a blanket, and some empty cans of food in the bathroom.

Polic esays that the father and the step mother would often beat the girl with belts and metal rods, and pulled her up by her hair if she stopped exercising. The girl was being punished for stealing food.

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