Florida no longer has a statute of limitations on sex crimes committed on victims between the ages of 12 and 16.
Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law HB 525... Click HERE to read the rest of the story.
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The White House Boys in the News
'The Boys of the Dark'
Updated: Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 10:33 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 10:33 AM EDT
For more than 50 years, 32 unmarked graves remained untouched, and now are believed to hold the truth behind the violent beatings of young children at the Florida School for Boys in Mariana. A new book called "The Boys of the Dark" uncovers what the authors call "years of assault, rape, and possibly even murder" at the school. Robert Straley, one of the book's co-authors who attended the reform school, visited Good Day to talk about the dark stories he and another survivor of the school are bringing to light.
Robert Straley will be signing "The Boys of the Dark" on Saturday, August 21, at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 North in Clearwater.
Article about Gus Barreiro's Termination. Gus was the ONE person in State Government who was trying to find Justice for the White House Boys, and as a result, he lost his job: http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/01/gus-barreiros-t.html
Great News! 8/25/10. Gus Barreiro wins Primary:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/24/1789139/gop-chairman-has-primary-challenge.html
A Palm Beach Post.Com
No more statute of limitations on sex crimes against children
by Dara Kam | May 11th, 2010Infamous school for boys will shed the Dozier name
By Waveney Ann Moore and Ben Montgomery, Times Staff Writers
In Print: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Click HERE for complete story -- and don't forget to see the entire series by clicking on the link on the right hand side of this page.
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We are hard at work getting all the links together to complete this page. As we post current news, we'll also be working on adding many of the older pieces. Thank you for your patience... email news to theofficialwhitehouseboys@gmail.com thanks :)
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Read the story by clicking HERE. Click HERE to read a series of stories of the White House Boys on Jacsonville.Com For Jacksonville.com's Photo Gallery and Biographies of some of the men, click HERE. Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Their stories were chilling: Students at a reform school recounted beatings and sexual assaults at the hands of school administrators and other employees who were supposed to be taking care of them. Click HERE to read the rest of the story and view the photos. Hess: No criminal case at reform school Here are a few links to stories in the Northwest Florida Daily News and the Panama City News Herald:
White House Boys reach end of a weary road
Final attorney finds insufficient evidence of abuse after state probe.
By Jim SchoettlerStory updated at 8:43 AM on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010
Florida reform school investigation finds no grounds for prosecutions
By Rich Phillips, CNN
March 11, 2010 9:14 p.m. EST
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FDLE issues final report on 15-month inquiry into alleged abuse
March 11, 2010 06:00:00 PM
ANDREW GANT / News Herald Writer
MARIANNA — The state announced Thursday its long investigation into years of alleged abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys won’t result in any criminal charges. Read the complete story by clicking HERE.
Read the FDLE Report by clicking HERE.
This story above, by Andrew Grant/News Herald Writer, also appeared in the following:
'I've seen horror': Man says he was abused at Florida Industrial School for Boys: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/boys-13900-building-school.html
'White House Boys' sue Florida system: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/boys-14801-florida-department.html
Defendant denies reform school abuse: http://www.newsherald.com/news/school-75014-abuse-defendant.html
Judge tosses reform school abuse lawsuit: http://www.newsherald.com/news/judge-81718-class-hoag.html
Hess: No criminal case at reform school: http://www.newsherald.com/news/reform-82124-case-school.html
Late in life, White House Boy found his brotherhood
By Chris Anderson
Published: Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 9:08 p.m.
John Bordnax, 66, one of the White House Boys, wears his shirt at a memorial service for Frank Marx on Saturday. The men, who share a painful past, have found one another in recent years. In Marx's final days, he refused to wear anything but his White House Boys shirt. STAFF PHOTO / THOMAS BENDER
On the front of the T-shirt was the dark silhouette of a one-armed man swinging a leather strap, the blows still excruciating a half-century later.
Behind the man was a small white house, where the reform school children were brought in the middle of the night, made to bite a dirty pillow, and beaten into unconsciousness as an old industrial fan droned over their screams and blood splashed onto the walls.
The shirt also said, "Torture Chamber" and "Florida's Shame."
Frank Marx, 67, died Tuesday at his Sarasota home proudly wearing that T-shirt.......... (To read the complete 8-Page story, click HERE)
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Congratulations to Reporters Ben Montgomery and Waveney Ann Moore and photographer Edmund D. Fountain for their superlative reporting!
St. Petersburg Times series 'For Their Own Good' a Pulitzer Prize finalist
Times staff
In Print: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The St. Petersburg Times' investigation into abuse at the state's oldest reform school was named a finalist on Monday for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting. Reporters Ben Montgomery and Waveney Ann Moore and photographer Edmund D. Fountain documented the effects of brutal whippings at the school in the 1950s and '60s in a series called For Their Own Good. They showed that not only did the abuse occur, but that it was only one chapter in a 100-year history of state-sponsored violence and neglect.
Click HERE to read the rest of the story. To read the full series, click on "For Their Own Good" above. FOR THEIR OWN GOOD
BY BEN MONTGOMERY AND WAVENEY ANN MOORE - Times Staff Writers
Photography by EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN
A St. Petersburg Times special report on child abuse at the Florida School for Boys
This is the MOST COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF STORIES about the plight of the White House Boys
Click HERE to see the video and read the stories.
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TIME MAY BE RUNNING OUT FOR TROUBLED BOYS SCHOOL
To View the Video, Click HERE.
Abuse & State Reform School
Crist, others, bear shame for the white house boys - by Bernie DeCastro, an Ocala resident, and an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010
Silence is a terrible thing. In this case, however, silence speaks volumes about our state’s elected officials, especially Governor Charlie Crist. When most thinking people would expect an official outcry about the inhuman and inhumane conditions at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, all we get from senior elected officials in this state is silence.
The lack of public response by the state’s leadership to media revelations of the horrors at the Dozier School – and the pain and suffering inflicted on boys in its infamous white house – leads one to conclude one of three things about Crist and others in a position to force change, all unflattering: One, they just don’t care; two, they don’t believe the media and eye-witness reports of the shocking conditions at the “school”; or three, the boys are too young to vote and therefore don’t merit attention. To continue reading, click HERE
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Joyner files claims bill for White House Boys
State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, a Tampa Democrat, has filed a claims bills seeking compensation for the victims of abuse at the Florida Reform School for Boys, known as the White House Boys, in lieu of the class action lawsuit pending against the state. White House Boys reach end of a weary road
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Final attorney finds insufficient evidence of abuse after state probe.
By Jim SchoettlerStory updated at 7:43 AM on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010
Click HERE to read the whole story
