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Connie Francis News: Appellate court affirms Meskwaki sex abuse verdicts (The Gazette)
The sexual abuse convictions of Lamont William Papakee, 37, and Connie Francis Blackcloud, 49, both of Tama, were affirmed today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Cedar Rapids. The two were convicted June 28, 2007, for sexually abusing a woman on the Meskwaki Settlement in September 2006. They appealed, claiming the evidence was insufficient. The court rejected the claims. ...