Daily Rotten Archives February 12, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Juvie Judges Bribed By Prison Industry Wire Services | Submitted by: Jethro Bodine "Two judges pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting more than $2.6 million from a private youth detention center in Pennsylvania in return for giving hundreds of youths and teenagers long sentences... When someone is sent to a detention center, the company running the facility receives money from the county government to defray the cost of incarceration. So as more children were sentenced to the detention center, PA Childcare and Western PA Childcare received more money from the government." Read article... and This article... Comments (1058) Missing! Dutch Municipal Pornography Stash Wire Services | Submitted by: Darrel Echt "The municipal pornography archive in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden has disappeared and officials fear it may be gone for good... Krikke said the bulk of the archive was assembled by a "fanatic" curator at the historical centre, mostly during the 1960s and '70s. He says items such as pictures by local photographers and artists would be difficult or impossible to replace." Read article... Comments (964) Video: Fresno Cops Beat Homeless Man NBC Bay Area | Submitted by: firefly1176 "The Fresno Police Department has launched an internal investigation after amateur video surfaced of two officers punching and beating a man during his arrest... "It will be one that in some cases may shock individuals, one that causes concern in terms of the level of force being used." [Submitter notes: Really high grade video of police beating a homeless guy.] Read article... and This article... Comments (57) Octuplet Mother's Distended Gut Daily Mail | Submitted by: Menehune "Smiling proudly, the mother-of-14 hoists her green patterned smock to show off her hugely distended stomach to the camera... The new pictures surfaced on the day it emerged she had fled her house in Whittier, California, to go into hiding with her older children after receiving death threats." Read article... Comments (105) Elopement Precipitates Beheadings CNN | Submitted by: Brother Bru Bru "At least eight people were killed and their mutilated bodies thrown into a river after a meeting to resolve two families' dispute over a secret wedding in eastern India... The meeting was called by the girl's family on the pretext of settling the dispute. Instead, they attacked the other side and killed eight of them." Read article... Comments (24) Killed A Dude, Cut Him Up Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Submitted by: Heineken "A former friend told jurors that Mr. Sedlak admitted killing Mr. Kenney, skinning and chopping up the body, and throwing some of the skin into sulfuric acid... "Everything he told to me, he told to 10 other people. He killed a dude and cut him up. He thought it was a joke." Read article... Comments (17) Auto-Immolation In Calgary Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Mikeisgreen "The man had doused himself with a flammable liquid -- believed to be gasoline -- then set himself on fire, said Stuart Brideaux, a spokesman for Calgary Emergency Medical Services... Witnesses said the man appeared to upset and said something about being deported before he set himself alight." Read article... Comments (26) War Drives Rangers From Gorilla Sanctuary MSNBC | Submitted by: SubmitterInTheMist Rainforest sanctuary becomes surreal battlefield. So far, 120 rangers and at least 10 gorillas dead. "Some rangers have died in assaults where hundreds of fighters surround a park station and rake it with automatic weapons fire, even rocket launchers." Read article... Comments (32) The Strange Jihad of Dr. Wakefield Times | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. "Overwhelming biologic and epidemiologic evidence has demonstrated conclusively that there is no association between the MMR vaccine and autism, and yet this thing goes on." Selective reporting and changes to findings allowed a link between MMR and autism to be asserted... In Britain, immunisation rates collapsed from 92% before the Lancet paper was published, to 80% at the peak of Britain's alarm. Measles has returned as officially endemic. In 1998 there were 56 cases reported; last year there were 1,348." Read article... Comments (15) Dad Purifies Son, Removes Head Hampton Roads Pilot | Submitted by: anonymous Schizo ex-Marine decapitates son, 5. "If I didn't take my son's life, he would have lost his eternal salvation... I know it’s a horrible thing. I didn't want him to lose his salvation. I wanted him to go fast. I didn't want him to be tortured." Read article... Comments (32) Corpse Dragged 17 Miles Across NYC CNN | Submitted by: Fort McMurray Fucking Crazy Drivers "A pedestrian was struck twice by vehicles in Queens and dragged for 17 miles by the second vehicle before police found him dead in Brooklyn... The badly mangled body was discovered under a van after several passing motorists motioned the driver to pull over. Police are retracing the route the van drove in attempt to find body parts, he said." Read article... Comments (88)