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  Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.

  the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.

  the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.

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  panhandlegirl

  Well, I posted on JWFacebook under my own facebook name and when I went back to check, I has been deleated.
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  Here's the updated (3:20 p.m. ET) MSNBC article quoting Candace Conti

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses ordered to pay more than $20 million to woman who said she was sexually abused.

  by james eng, msnbc.com.

  updated at 3:20 p.m. et: in what both sides described as a momentous ruling, a jury in oakland, calif., has found that jehovahs witnesses was partly responsible for the alleged sexual abuse of a girl by one of its members and must pay her more than $20 million.. the alameda county superior court jury on thursday awarded $21 million in punitive damages to the plaintiff, who is now 26 years old.

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  panhandlegirl

  Thanks for the update Barbra and for all the effort you have made in behalf of changing this ridiculous policy.
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  In the Press!!!!

  by Darth Rutherford in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/15/12225753-jehovahs-witnesses-ordered-to-pay-more-than-20-million-to-woman-who-said-she-was-sexually-abused?lite.

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  panhandlegirl

  I just e-mailed foxnews and asked them to cover this. I cannot believe they have not covered it already. Hope they cover it.
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  Momentum Builds

  by stuckinamovement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if possible it would be great to send a copy of the new "shepherding" book and the recent confidentiality letter to contacts in the media.

  the society will try to paint this as an isolated case and that it is in no way related to their policies.

  the documents mentioned above show that this is not the case.. what is next?

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  panhandlegirl

  OMG! I can't believe they were dumb enough to put that in writing!!
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  In the Press!!!!

  by Darth Rutherford in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/15/12225753-jehovahs-witnesses-ordered-to-pay-more-than-20-million-to-woman-who-said-she-was-sexually-abused?lite.

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  panhandlegirl

  I Hope this gets on Foxnews and CNN. You know how they repeat thing over and over. I may send them an e-mail if I don't see it on there in the next few days.
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  Letter I am writing to local Newspaper......

  by tresdecu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  still going back to correct grammer / spelling, but this is basically what i am writing to them.

  it probably won't do any good, but you never know:.

  thanks for taking the time to read this.

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  panhandlegirl

  Good leter. Send it. Sounds like a sincere letter to me. They should print it as they have no dog in this fight. It's just an informative letter for the public.
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  Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is this recent?

  http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

  i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

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  panhandlegirl

  BizzyBee, I second your

  Hot damn! I hope this brings them to their knees!!!
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  Living in the western "rich" world we are spoiled and don't understand harships! Agree?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just saw a documentary on bolivia how a woman gets up while it's dark, puts a barrel on her head and walks 10 miles to get water for the day from a filthy well we would not swim in!....thats what 1 billion or more people have to do everyday!

  they also scavenge for a hand full of rice or dirty flour...meanwhile, i buy 4 litre "springwater" and run down to the supermarket to pick what fruit, vegetables, meat, i want to eat today.. our kids want nike shoes and ps 3 while there kids need food and medicine.....and clean water!

  i jump in a nice car and complain about petrol prices, while they walk many miles a day to work and home......i think we are lucky but don't know it, just born on the good side of the world.. agree?.

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  panhandlegirl

  I agree that those of us in the "western world" are spoiled and probably don't understand what life is like in the third world countries. I am also aware that there is poverty in this country. I believe that a lot of my (and your) tax dollars are sent to these other countries to help with the poverty. I may be mean but I feel that we should concentrate on those suffering from poverty in our own country. There have been times, when I was young, that I have come home to see the furniture company repossesing our furniture, our lights and telephone being cut off and our family not having enough food to eat. This was not because my father did not have a good job but because my father was a bad manager and had a girl friend on the side. My own young children got measels and chicken pox because my husband and I did not have the money for vaccinations for them. I know this may sound lame and petty to some of you, but they were hard times for me. There have been many times when I have sat down an cried because I did not know what I was going to do about paying the bills because my husband did not work and I had the whole responsibility for making sure we had enough money to eat and keep a roof over our heads. I know this doesn't compare to those poor people who don't have clean water or enough to eat. I work very hard to care for myself and I am not young. I know that I will have to work as long as my body can stand up to it. I hope that I last till the age of 75. I think those govenments of third world countries can do more to help their own people. Like some other poster said, I don't want our government to cause us here in our country to be poor like other countries due to Obama's bad judgments and spending. I always give items to goodwill, money to the Salvation Army and I have volunteered at food banks and cooked at places that feed the underprivilaged. I do what I can to help others.
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  Wife & I were Without Electricity for 6 Days - Empathize with 3rd World......

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a massive storm from alaska knocked the hell out of northern california , giving us a foot and a half of snow , snapping trees like matchsticks , crashing multiple electrical lines in the sierra mountains where we live.

  knocking electric out for 6 days ( thus my dissapearing act from jwn for 6 days ) - we had a 90 ft. ponderosa pine tree ( 3ft, around ) crash on the lower end of our acre we live on .

  it's still leaning on oak trees suspended in time.

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  My power goes off on occassion, I hate it. I have flashlights everywhere. I intend to get a generator as I also have a well and without electricty, everything goes. Glad you and your wife made it okay, wood stove is necessary where you live. Hurricans and storms are our problem in SE/USA.
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  Do you believe in fate?

  by lostinthought in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  panhandlegirl

  I still don't believe in fate or predestination. If you don't drink,text, or use the phone while you drive and maintain your care your chances of being in a care accident are reduced. There is still the other drivers and their actions to consider. If you get a degree in something that is needed in the workplace, your chances of getting a good job with good wages are better than those who don't even finish high school. You can control a lot of your future but then there are the unexpected things that no one can control. If predestination is true, you might as well do whatever you want because what is going to happen is going to happen. I don't believe in predestination.