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Berry girls case: Analysis of case law favorable to the WTS
by loveis in
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2. child-abuse
ok, just to play devil's advocate for a minute here (or, now for our weekly session of classroom law on court tv .

posted below is a past new hampshire supreme court case that is very favorable to the wts position in the berry girls' case, and has surely been cited by them big time in their briefs (it was mentioned briefly by wts lawyer donald gardner in the audio, which has been posted on these boards several times, of the oral argument session before the nh supreme court.

laws 1971, 531:2. in 1973, the penalty section was amended to provide that a violation would constitute a misdemeanor.
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Poles impressed with Great Teacher book material on child abuse
by loveis in
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2. child-abuse
from awake!

of december 8, 2004:.

"everybody should read this book".
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LISTEN TO ORAL ARGUMENTS IN JW ABUSE CASE! (Berry Girls, NH Supreme Court)
by loveis in
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2. child-abuse
if you have an mp3 player (windows media player should be fine), just click on this link to hear them hash it out!

http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/recordings/2004/2003-0779.mp3.

(if you need to catch up on the history of the berry girls case, this ongoing new hampshire supreme court appeal was discussed in more detail in these recent threads:) .
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LISTEN TO ORAL ARGUMENTS IN JW ABUSE CASE!! (Berry girls, NH Supreme Court)
by loveis in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
if you have an mp3 player (windows media player should be fine), just click on this link to hear them hash it out!.

http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/recordings/2004/2003-0779.mp3.

(if you need to catch up on the history of the berry girls case, this ongoing new hampshire supreme court appeal was discussed in more detail in these recent threads:).
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SHOWDOWN in the New Hampshire Supreme Court today!!! (JW Abuse Suit)
by loveis in
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2. friends
it is the civil suit against the wts filed by the berry girls, as seen on "suffer the little children" in the uk and "fifth estate" in canada.

a thread has been going on this in the child abuse section .

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/79251/1.ashx.
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BERRY GIRLS' NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT APPEAL IS FINALLY SET!!!
by loveis in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the sad saga of the berry girls (holly brewer and heather berry) and their mother, sarah poisson, is well known to most longtime posters here, having been featured prominently on the jw abuse shows on television, notably at length in the ones in the uk (bbc panorama, "suffer the little children", july 2002) and canada (fifth estate, "spiritual shepherds", january 2003).

the civil suit they brought against the wts in the new hampshire state courts was referred to.

that suit was going well in pretrial motions and depositions, etc., until it was dealt a serious and potentially fatal setback by a decision made by the judge in june 2003, which was blaste--er, discussed--in these threads: .
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Progress of Berry girls' appeal in New Hampshire Supreme Court
by loveis in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was just reading over the official website of the new hampshire supreme court.

according to official information, the appeal of the civil suit of the berry girls was filed with the court on december 4, 2003, and accepted for review by the court in february 2004, though oral arguments are not yet scheduled.. the appeal was of a lower court's decision the block the suit--i believe on the basis that the elders were not required to report abuse due to clerical privilege.

(iirc the judge making this decision was named groff.
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BREAKING NEWS!!!--Decision expected tomorrow in Moscow trial to ban JWs
by loveis in
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www.jw-media.org

the beginning of the end?
Moscow re-trial of JWs is now winding down.....
by loveis in
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..its almost judgment day...again:.

http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?content=/region/europe/russia/english/releases/religious_freedom/rus_e040307.htm.

will the prosecutor convince the judge this time?
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Judge: Comparing JWs to salesmen "insulting degrading hurtful & defamatory"
by loveis in
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2. friends
it seems that, despite being regarded as sales nuisances by so many, jws still seem to have the respect of those whose opinion matters the most.. *** yb02 pp.

13-14 highlights of the past year ***.

in quebec, canada, the city of blainville enacted a bylaw stating that people going from door to door for religious purposes must first purchase a permit.