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<p>SIDNEY, Neb.  — A judge said a 5-foot-1 man convicted of sexually assaulting a child was too small to survive in prison, and gave him 10 years of probation instead.</p> <p>His crimes deserved a long sentence, said, but she worried that , 50, would be especially imperiled by prison dangers.</p>

The truth behind the Schiavo case Guest View Paul Root Wolpe Special to The Augusta Free Press K.L. Marsala (Why the rush to put her to death? Monday AFP) writes about the confusion surrounding the the Terri Schiavo case. Marsala's editorial, however, will only add to that confusion, because it completely misreprents what the case is about. There is no "rush to death." Without question, in the 15 years Terri has been in a persistent vegetative state, the case has received more judicial, medical, political and media scrutiny than any similar case in history. Court after court has found that...