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‘Bloody Sunday’ is a moment forever etched in the history of the civil rights movement in America. What should have been a peaceful march for the rights of blacks to vote without hindrance became a gruesome scene of police brutality on display. Edmund Pettus Bridge - Selma Alabama State police force marchers to turn around at a March 1965 civil rights protest (Photo: Wikimedia) The images of police battering protestors on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama gave the world a picture of the high price people would pay for human rights. With the widespread popularity of the Oscar-winning film...

CRIMENETDAILYAbortion doctor gets 34 years for sex abuseTop Phoenix-area physician molested patients over two decades Posted: January 3, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com After deliberating for two weeks, an Arizona jury yesterday sentenced one of the nation's most prominent abortion doctors to more than 34 years behind bars for sexually abusing his patients over a 20-year period. Dr. Brian Finkel will be on probation for the rest of his life, and must register as a sex offender, in the event the 56-year-old Phoenix-area doctor ever gets out of prison, reports the Arizona Republic. As WorldNetDaily reported last month, the jury convicted...

The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) today called on a Phoenix, Arizona, judge to suspend the sentence of an abortion doctor who sexually assaulted his patients. A jury today sentenced Dr. Brian Finkel to 34-3/4 years in prison after convicting him last month of 22 counts of sexual assault on his abortion clinic customers. "This is cruel and unusual punishment," said NARAL President Kate Michelman. "Rather than confine this man behind bars with a bunch of brutal murderers where he cannot use his prodigious gifts and talents, Dr. Finkel should be returned to his practice to continue his service...

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATHTop abortion doctor convicted of abuse Researcher claims case not as rare as news coverage suggests Posted: December 4, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Arizona's most prominent abortion doctor was convicted yesterday on 22 counts of sexually abusing patients over the past 17 years. Dr. Brian Finkel, 54, who has said he performed 20 percent of the state's abortions annually, was found not guilty on 34 counts, including six of the more serious charges of sexual assault, the Arizona Republic reported. Dr. Brian Finkel as verdicts are read yesterday (Photo: Arizona Republic) The jury could not reach...