11.   Few of the major players in the sex cases have jobs.

12.   Four other sex offender cases could be similarly affected because Quijano or Saunders was scheduled to testify as an expert witness.

13.   Gearhart, the local mental health chief in Wenatchee, called the fate of children caught up in the sex case a tragedy.

14.   He has signed legislation that allows the use of unproven allegations as evidence of sexual misbehavior, no matter how relevant or dated, in federal sex crime cases.

15.   In recent weeks, a series of sex cases has involved safety officers and students.

16.   In fact, the contrasting image of a modern-day troubadour on trial in a felony sex case is only one of the contradictions in his young life.

17.   In the general public, the majority of adolescent sex abuse cases involve female victims.

18.   It was the largest award in a sex discrimination case in U.S. history.

19.   Larry Doom, a Department of Corrections parole agent who supervises sex offender cases, said it is a matter of resources.

20.   Merchant, who said there are no statutes of limitations for sex abuse cases, said that about one third of his clients made sex abuse charges.