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Supreme Court animal cruelty ruling: All sides find positives

Free-speech advocates say the Supreme Court protected the First Amendment. Animal-rights advocates say it showed how Congress could pass a new anti-animal cruelty law.
Supreme Court rejects animal cruelty law, upholds free speech

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 1999 federal law that criminalized depictions of animal cruelty such as dogfighting videos.
Supreme Court to decide case on animal cruelty and free speech

Do depictions of animal cruelty fall short of First Amendment protection? The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.