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While 31 states have now banned corporal punishment, these states still allow it: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.
But California child abuse law under Penal Code 273d PC is a striking exception to this rule. Prior acts of corporal injury or punishment on a child are admissible against you in a child abuse prosecution. Not only that...but it isn't even necessary that these acts resulted in prior convictions. 12