62 Convicted in Pedophilia Case
From Times Wire Reports
A court in Angers, France, convicted 62 defendants in a pedophilia trial and imposed sentences of up to 28 years in prison.
Prosecutors said 45 children between the ages of 6 months and 14 years were raped, abused and prostituted by parents, grandparents or acquaintances from 1999 to 2002, at times in exchange for small amounts of money, food, alcohol or cigarettes.
Three of the 65 defendants were acquitted. Full names in the case could not be given because of laws to shield child victims.
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