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Jury selection began yesterday in the Nasons' trial on more than two dozen charges including child neglect.
BEND, Ore. — Dennis and Diane Nason adopted scores of abused, disabled and unwanted children from around the world, filling a 33-bedroom farmhouse. Mother Teresa was among their admirers.
older children; falsifying records to adopt more children; and siphoning off $10,000 in contributions.
If convicted of the most serious count, racketeering, they could get 20 years in prison and $100,000 in fines.
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Among other things, the Nasons are accused of letting three small children die neglected in their beds, one from starvation and two from a form of dysentery; using a cattle prod to discipline
raised by some of the children. At public hearings, the Nasons heard accusations they shocked kids with a cattle prod and kept children in cages.
The Nasons started their family with three biological children, then adopted two daughters in 1968 and 1970. In 1974, they adopted a 4-year-old girl scarred by a gasoline fire. Helping children no one else wanted became a religious mission Mrs. Nason described in her book, "The Celebration Family."
Last November, the Nasons were indicted.
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