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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Florida school paddling
Ingraham v. Wright - 430 U.S. 651 (1977)The Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment does not apply to disciplinary corporal punishment in public schools. -
Iowa: Ankeny dad spanks child
Ankeny, Iowa dad Tracey Hildreth administers a spoon spanking to his 8-year-old daughter Amanda for disobeying instructions to bathe and prepare for a church function. She recieves three strokes with a wooden spoon over denim jeans. Iowa DHS considers the spanking abusive, and the case ends up before the Iowa Supreme Court. -
Singapore: Michael Fay flogged
Most Americans Support Fay's punishmentSentencing of American vandal in Singapore to flogging with a rattan cane has occupied attention of American public. -
American Dad arrested for spanking daughter in Ontario
Now Dad Feels Pain In Girl's Spanking David Peterson of Warrendale, Illinois arrested after administering a public spanking to his 5-year-old daughter Rachel in a London, Ontario parking lot. -
Illinois Dad acquitted in Ontario
David Peterson found not guilty of abuse for spanking his child in London, Ontario. "This is not a court of social justice, but of the law." --Mr. Justice John Menzies -
Mark Peterson spanks stepchild in Wisconsin
According to court records, [Peterson] admitted he placed his [4-year-old] stepdaughter over his knees Feb. 20, 1996, at their Appleton home and spanked her with his hand four to six times on the buttocks through her clothes. -
Pennsylvania: Lawrence Maloni case discussed
COURTS TAKE WHACK AT SPANKING ISSUE Even though the paddling bruised the girl, she didn't need medical attention, nor did she lose sleep or miss playtime. -
Iowa: Ankeny dad prevails in state Supreme Court ruling
HILDRETH v. IOWA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES "It's important that the state understand that parents do have the right to impose reasonable punishment...Mr. Hildreth wasn't an abuser. He is a responsible parent." --Robert Wright, Jr. -
North Dakota: State Supreme Court upholds parental spanking rights
Raboin v. ND Dept. of Human Services, 552 N.W.2d 329 (N.D. 1996) "There is simply no evidence the Raboin children have suffered serious physical harm or traumatic abuse from the spankings administered by their parents in disciplining them." -
California: AG affirms legality of parental spanking
Attorney General Daniel Lungren affirms in a letter that spanking with an object such as a belt or paddle by a parent is not per se illegal in California--a position later validated by rulings in the cases of Tricia McLinden, Veronica Gonzales and Allan Rivera. -
Florida: Zimbalist Chalk acquitted
"I, for one, am glad that Mr. Chalk disciplined his son for swimming in a off-limits rockpit before the child became one more of Florida's many drowning statistics. It is better that the child have a bruise on his bottom than to be dead on the bottom of a lake." -Kathy Gonzalez -
CP Prosecutions list started
CP Prosecutions at Yahoo! Groups Probably the first parental rights group in the U.S. formed specifically to defend the right of parents to spank. Defunct by 2015. -
Oklahoma reaffirms parental right to spank, switch, paddle
"I feel like the lack of discipline has led to what we are into now, total chaos and disrespect. Back when I grew up, we got our tails whipped at school, then got it again when we got home. And we didn’t have shootings.” --Sen. Frank Shurden -
Couple acquitted in Vallejo, CA belt spanking (Item 1 of 2)
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Connecticut: Rev. Walter Oliver acquitted
"I resisted a few times and he'd push me over and continue spanking me. He said it was supposed to hurt." -Anthony Bailey -
Ohio Dad acquitted of paddling
Jason Klein of Newark, Ohio, was found not guilty of domestic violence for a paddling administered to his son Storm, 13, the prior November. -
Councilman Sam Malone spanks son
Cincinnati City Councilman Sam Malone administers a spanking with a belt to his 14-year-old son, for disrespecting a teacher on a field trip. He is arrested the following day and charged with domestic violence. -
Minnesota Dad Shawn Fraser paddles son Gerald, is eventually vindicated by state Supreme Court
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Ohio: Sam Malone acquitted of spanking son
Former Cincinnati Councilman Sam Malone acquitted of domestic violence charges for spanking his teenage son in 2005. -
Michigan Mom Darcy Cervelli vindicated by jury
Darcy Cervelli of Livingston County, Michigan found not guilty in paddling of adopted son Shane, 13. -
California spanking ban proposed by Sally Lieber
Legislation would ban spanking young children“I’m trying to pick a word [for the proposal] other than crazy.” -- Sen. Dick Ackerman -
California: Lieber withdraws anti-spanking bill
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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds legality of paddling
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Allan Rivera spanks son, 11
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Rivera acquitted in San Francisco
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Michigan jury acquits stepmom Mara Hess-Schoonveld
"A jury deliberated for nearly three hours before declaring a Bay City woman not guilty of excessively spanking her 6-year-old stepdaughter. The five-man, seven-woman jury found Mara A. Hess-Schoonveld, 25, not guilty of third-degree child abuse. The charge is a four-year felony. Hess-Schoonveld faced no other charges." https://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/2016/03/jury_finds_bay_city_woman_not.html -
Spears not charged in belt whipping in Louisiana
No charges for Schaquana Spears Sadly, the one child did leave home for relative placement, but Ms. Spears was at least not criminally charged due to an outpouring of public support. -
Fresno assemblyman arrested
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Arambula cleared on cruelty charge
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Nathan Baize wins in Utah Supreme Court
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Virginia mom Tina Woodson wins in appellate court
Tina Woodson's conviction for belt spanking overturned The Appeals Court said: “A parent has the privilege to discipline his or her child ‘within the bounds of moderation and reason.'”
According to the court, “The privilege protects diverse parenting values and practices” while also limiting the “significant costs” on a family that can come from government intervention. -
New Jersey reaffirms legality of corporal punishment, says juries must know
