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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a father in Oregon who attempted to circumcise his own son.
==Criminal charges==
Edwin Baxter of Beaverton, Oregon was criminally charged with assault after attempting to circumcise his eight-year-old son with a kitchen knife.<ref>{{REFnews
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==Court appearance==
Baxter was held in the Clark County jail for $50,000 bail. He pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault of a child. at his court appearance.<ref>{{REFnews
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==Sentencing==
On 7 December 2004, a jury convicted Baxter of assault of a child in the second degree.

Baxter rejected a plea deal, after which Judge James Rulli sentenced him to three-years in jail.<ref>{{REFnews
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