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NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds
NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds A former Morris County Army major and his wife are set to be sentenced for the fourth time after being convicted of multiple accounts of endangering the welfare of five children they adopted. The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit ordered the resentencing on Monday, April 3, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey.  John Jackson — formerly a major in the Army at the Picatinny Arsenal Installation in Morris County — and Carolyn Jackson were initially convicted in 2015. Carolyn was sentenced to 24 months in prison, while John received probation, acco…

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Former NJ Military Couple Avoids More Prison Time For Horrific Child Abuse Former NJ Military Couple Avoids More Prison Time For Horrific Child Abuse
Former NJ Military Couple Avoids More Prison Time For Horrific Child Abuse UPDATE: A former New Jersey Army major and his wife avoided more time in federal prison Wednesday when they were resentenced for routinely torturing three adopted children by breaking bones, withholding water and force-feeding them hot sauce, among other cruelties. A federal appeals court had rejected two previous sentencings of Carolyn Jackson and John E. Jackson by U.S. District Judge Katharine Hayden as too lenient. Hayden, however, said Wednesday that she believed more time behind bars would be "more punishment than is necessary" for abusing the children, all of whom were less than 4 y…

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