A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. 

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Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz were accused of mistreating their children — all of whom are Black

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A jury has convicted a West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. The couple, who are white, were accused of mistreating their ch…

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A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. The couple, who are white, were accused of mistreating their children — all of whom are …

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. The couple, who are white, were accused of mistreating their ch…

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A Western Virginia jury convicted a couple accused of neglect and forced labour with their adopted children, including locking some of them in a shed, forcing them to sleep on the floor and using buckets as toilets. The jury deliberated for eight hours before reaching a verdict on Wednesday at the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz. The white couple was accused of abusing their children, all of them black. In mid-January they …

Un jurado de Virginia Occidental condenó a una pareja acusada de negligencia y trabajo forzado con sus hijos adoptados, incluyendo encerrar a algunos de ellos en un cobertizo, obligarlos a dormir en el suelo y usar baldes como inodoros.   El jurado deliberó durante ocho horas antes de llegar a un veredicto el miércoles en el juicio de Jeanne Kay Whitefeather y Donald Ray Lantz.   La pareja, de raza blanca, fue acusada de maltratar a sus hijos, t…

Jury convicts West Virginia couple accused of neglect, forced labor involving their adopted children

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