Entries Tagged as 'corporal punishment'

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Spanking for Truancy

Grits for Breakfast and the Brownsville Herald reported that Justice of the Peace Gustavo “Gus” Garza, from Brownsville, Texas, was ordered last month by State District Judge Abel C. Limas to stop his practice of offering spanking as an alternative sanction for disciplining children in his courtroom. If a child was convicted of truancy, JP [...]

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Monday, July 7th, 2008

Legal Right to Physically Discipline One’s Children

As mentioned in the Volokh Conspiracy blog, Sophia Willis, a single mother, was arrested and convicted on charges of felony child battery after she struck her 11 year old son five to seven times with a belt or an extension cord, resulting in bruises on his arm and thigh. Due to mitigating factors, including the [...]

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