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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Rebirthing</title>
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		<title>Therapist in &#8216;rebirthing&#8217; death leaves prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21935/"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/connell watkins.jpg" alt="Connell Watkins" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> One of two therapists convicted in the "rebirthing" death of a 10-year-old girl has been released from prison and is completing her sentence in a Denver area halfway house.<br /><br />In 2001, Watkins and Julie Ponder, 47, were both sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted of reckless child abuse resulting in the death of Candace Newmaker.]]></description>
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		<title>Senators approve &#8216;rebirthing&#8217; resolution</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday urging states to pass laws against &#8220;rebirthing&#8221; therapy, which critics say has killed at least five children, including one in Colorado.
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., joined with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., to sponsor the resolution.
As Colorado attorney general, Salazar successfully argued to uphold the convictions of unlicensed therapists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Rebirthing&#8217; therapist loses appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8312/rebirthing-therapist-loses-appeal</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state Court of Appeals in Denver on Thursday upheld the verdict and 16-year prison sentence of a woman convicted in the &#8220;rebirthing therapy&#8221; death of a 10-year-old girl.
Attorneys for Julie Ponder had argued it was unfair to try her jointly with Evergreen therapist Connell Watkins and to use evidence against her that should have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. Rebirthing Ban Comes Under Fire From Supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law Bans Controversial Practice
RALEIGH, N.C. &#8212; A new law that takes effect Dec. 1 bans a controversial form of therapy that led to the death of a Durham girl. State lawmakers marked the death of rebirthing therapy when they decided to ban the controversial practice. 
The new law makes the use of rebirthing therapy a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Rebirthing&#8217; therapist to remain in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Evergreen therapist convicted in the &#8220;rebirthing&#8221; death of 10-year- old Candace Newmaker will stay in prison.
The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday denied Connell Watkins&#8217; appeal of her 16-year sentence handed down by a Jefferson County judge in 2001.
Watkins was found guilty of reckless child abuse resulting in death for the rebirthing therapy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court upholds conviction in &#8216;rebirthing&#8217; death</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4192/court-upholds-conviction-in-rebirthing-death</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the conviction and sentence of psychotherapist Connell Jane Watkins in the &#8220;rebirthing&#8221; death of 10-year-old Candace Newmaker in April 2000.
The child suffocated during a 70-minute rebirthing session, part of a two-week intensive program that was supposed to help her bond with her adoptive mother, Jeane Newmaker.
During the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebirthing therapist seeks new trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2003 16:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press, July 26, 2003
http://www.casperstartribune.net/
DENVER (AP) &#8212; An Evergreen therapist convicted in the &#8220;rebirthing therapy&#8221; death of a 10-year-old girl four years ago is asking the Colorado Court of Appeals for a new trial.
Connell Watkins was convicted of a child abuse charge and sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2001. During her trial, Jefferson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial attachment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An O.C. couple say attachment therapy, though linked to deaths, has brought their raging son under control.
Orange County Register, Nov. 24, 2002
http://www2.ocregister.com/
By JENIFER B. McKIM, The Orange County Register
Josh was taken from an abusive home when he was 3. He had a black eye and a belly full of rage.
By the time he was 8, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Condemns Rebirthing Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP, Sep. 17, 2002
http://www.macon.com/
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to condemn a therapeutic technique known as rebirthing as dangerous and harmful and urged every state to enact laws banning it.
&#8220;I encourage all states to outlaw this voodoo science and prevent another tragedy from happening,&#8221; said Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., author of the non-binding resolution [...]]]></description>
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