Criminal
Oct. 11, 2014
Mental health and ending female genital mutilation
As the U.S. seeks to expand its efforts against female genital mutilation, it needs a better understanding of its scale and severity to implement effective changes.
Arthur F. Silbergeld
Employment Law Partner
Thompson Coburn LLP
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 282-2529
Email: asilbergeld@thompsoncoburn.com
Temple Univ Law School
Arthur is based in Los Angeles and is in the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group.
In 2006, an Ethiopian immigrant father was sentenced to 10 years in a Georgia prison for performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on his 2-year-old daughter with a scissors. His conviction for aggravated battery and cruelty to children is the only one in the United States despite discussion, existing criminal laws, and a horrified public reaction to the practice.
But that is changing. Britain is about to prosecute its first criminal case of genital mutilation and is educating ph...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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