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News out of California: gang rape raises questions about bystanders

Here’s a question philosophers like to ponder: say you saw watch a child drowning, and it would require hardly any effort on your part to save the child.  Do you have a duty to help – to rescue the child? The answer at common law is usually no: a person who has not created a…

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Introduction to North Carolina Sex Offenses

Sex Offenses in North Carolina are punished harshly.  In addition, North Carolina has a sex offender registryThe sex offender registry is a list of all people who have committed reportable crimes and who have not been removed from the registry by petition. A person placed on the registry must avoid certain locations where children are…

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