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World Service,24 Oct 2017,15 mins,

The US Child Who Was Married Aged 11

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Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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Sherry Johnson is trying to change the laws that allowed her to be made to marry her rapist in Florida, when she was just 11. In a distressing account, she tells Jo Fidgen how she had five children by the time she was 16. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Johnson.)

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