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O.C.G.A. § 16-5-70​.   Cruelty to children



(a) A parent, guardian, or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a child under the age of 18 commits the offense of cruelty to children in the first degree when such person willfully deprives the child of necessary sustenance to the extent that the child's health or well-being is jeopardized.

(b) Any person commits the offense of cruelty to children in the first degree when such person maliciously causes a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain.

(c) Any person commits the offense of cruelty to children in the second degree when such person with criminal negligence causes a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain.

(d) Any person commits the offense of cruelty to children in the third degree when:

    (1) Such person, who is the primary aggressor, intentionally allows a child under the age of 18 to witness the commission of a forcible felony, battery, or family violence battery; or
    (2) Such person, who is the primary aggressor, having knowledge that a child under the age of 18 is present and sees or hears the act, commits a forcible felony, battery, or family violence battery.
 
  (e)(1) A person convicted of the offense of cruelty to children in the first degree as provided in this Code section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 20 years.

      (2) A person convicted of the offense of cruelty to children in the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.
      (3) A person convicted of the offense of cruelty to children in the third degree shall be punished as for a misdemeanor upon the first or second conviction. Upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense of cruelty to children in the third degree, the defendant shall be guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced to a fine not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three years or shall be sentenced to both fine and imprisonment.
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  • NCMEC
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    • Georgia Statutes >
      • Child Pornograpy >
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-80. Distributing Obscene Materials
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-100. Sexual Exploitation
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-100.1. Furnishing Obscene Materials
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-100.2. Child Exploitation Prevention
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-100.3. Obscene telephone contact; conviction; penalties
      • Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) >
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-5-46. Trafficking of a person for labor or Sexual Servitude
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-6-5. Enticing a child for indecent purposes
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-6-10. Keeping a place of prostitution
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-6-11. Pimping
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-6-12. Pandering
      • Additional Statutes >
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-5-70. Cruelty to children
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-6-3. Statutory rape
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-6-4. Child molestation; Aggravated child molestation
        • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-1. Contributing to delinquency, unruliness, or deprivation of a minor
    • Federal Statutes >
      • Child Pornography >
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2251. Sexual Exploitation of Children (Production of Child Pornography)
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2251A. Selling and Buying of Children
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2252. Certain Activities Relating to Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors (Possession, Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography)
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2252A. Certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2256. Definitions for chapter
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2260. Production of Sexually Explicit Depictions of a Minor for Importation into the United States
      • Prostitution of Children >
        • 18 U.S.C. § 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2421. Transportation generally
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2422. Coercion and enticement
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2423. Transportation of minors
        • 18 U.S.C. § 2425. Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor
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