She admitted the job's demands often frustrated her, but said she did nothing to hurt the child.

CNN: Au pair guilty in baby-shaking death

Mr Rigby said he would "never hurt" the child and said Rio's mother Kirsty Smedley was responsible for some of his injuries.

BBC: Rio Smedley

To the advocates of smacking I suggest that sometime they look in to the eyes of a smacked child and see the shock, the hurt and pain that goes way beyond the physical.

BBC: Should children be smacked?

Stuber said in these types of crimes, the child is not going to get hurt at this point.

CNN: Safety expert offers tips to avoid abduction

PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) Two sisters facing charges that they endangered the lives of infants at their Northern California daycare center by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets didn't intend to hurt the babies and contend they didn't commit child abuse, their attorney said.

NPR: Daycare Owners Arraigned In Calif. Swaddling Case

Autopsy results showed that bruises on several parts of the boy's body were self-inflicted and it was reported that the child had a mental disorder which had caused him to hurt himself.

BBC: Max Shatto Russia-US adoption death ruled an accident

Nobody was hurt, but police arrested Farley on Friday on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a firearm.

CNN: Surprise! Mom packed you a nice gun

Could a pregnant woman be charged with child abuse if she smokes, or be denied chemotherapy if it might hurt the fetus?

ECONOMIST: The status of the unborn