Name: Sia Ye Vang Age: Unknown) Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin Crime: Sexual abuse of children. Details: Vang, a Hmong immigrant from Vietnam, molested his young stepdaughters. Accomplice: None Known Date convicted: English lessons (rather than prison), a ruling that shocked the girls' relatives and members of the community. Family members complained the judge had misunderstood the victims' position on punishment. And they expressed outrage at the suggestion from Vang's lawyer that sex with girls is accepted in Vietnam. Sentence: August 1996. Source: The Boston Globe Url: www.boston.com




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