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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012
NH McCarthy ruling - paralyze's domestic violence victims
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This article written by Jennifer Chase when she was a third-year student at Franklin Pierce Law Center; depicts what Felix Frankfurter may have been referring to when he said "Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today." because this ruling paralyze's domestic violence victims to day.
Bar Journal - Summer 2006 for her references to case law and her sources click on the link below and you will find them at the bottom of her article; this is extremely well reasoned and points out flaws within the NH Judicial System.
McCarthy v. Wheeler: Double Jeopardy for Domestic Violence Victims?
By: Jennifer Chase
A single mother is threatened with harm or physically hurt one more time by the father of her child. She has endured the abuse for years, but this time because he is no longer living with them, and she finally summons the courage to call the police. She is unfamiliar with the law and finds out that to get immediate protection she needs to obtain a temporary protective order and then file a domestic violence petition.1 At the court house, fills out the necessary paperwork and is granted a temporary protective order.2 Once she has the order she feels safer, because now, maybe, the abuse will finally end.
This article written by Jennifer Chase when she was a third-year student at Franklin Pierce Law Center; depicts what Felix Frankfurter may have been referring to when he said "Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today." because this ruling paralyze's domestic violence victims to day.
Bar Journal - Summer 2006 for her references to case law and her sources click on the link below and you will find them at the bottom of her article; this is extremely well reasoned and points out flaws within the NH Judicial System.
McCarthy v. Wheeler: Double Jeopardy for Domestic Violence Victims?
By: Jennifer Chase
I. Introduction
A single mother is threatened with harm or physically hurt one more time by the father of her child. She has endured the abuse for years, but this time because he is no longer living with them, and she finally summons the courage to call the police. She is unfamiliar with the law and finds out that to get immediate protection she needs to obtain a temporary protective order and then file a domestic violence petition.1 At the court house, fills out the necessary paperwork and is granted a temporary protective order.2 Once she has the order she feels safer, because now, maybe, the abuse will finally end.
Next, she finds out she has to go to court and have a hearing.3 She knows this is going to make the father angry. But she has the temporary order, so she knows the father will get into trouble if he violates it and she thinks this will deter him from harming or threatening her. A hearing date is scheduled, but there are unanticipated continuances. Then, and for reasons the victim does not understand, the order is dismissed. She has no protection, and to obtain the protection of a protective order, she has to start the process over again. Since the father is already angry that she has involved the court in the first place, does she dare go down that road again? If the court could not offer her protection the first time around, will pursuing the same course protect her, or further provoke the father?
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Hardin woman admits causing death of 3-year-old foster child
Hardin woman admits causing death of 3-year-old foster child:
COLUMBUS — A Hardin woman admitted Thursday that she caused the death of a 3-year-old foster child who was locked in a hot car.
COLUMBUS — A Hardin woman admitted Thursday that she caused the death of a 3-year-old foster child who was locked in a hot car.
Reps. ask feds about SD Indian foster care summit
Reps. ask feds about SD Indian foster care summit - News - Boston.com:
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two Democratic congressmen sent a letter Friday to the head of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Indian Affairs questioning why the government has not yet held a summit about Native American children in foster care in South Dakota.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two Democratic congressmen sent a letter Friday to the head of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Indian Affairs questioning why the government has not yet held a summit about Native American children in foster care in South Dakota.
Past sex abuse allegations not shared
Past abuse allegations not shared - BostonHerald.com:
A Wakefield man accused of videotaping himself raping more than a dozen babies and toddlers may have been bumped up to a higher classification than his Level 1 sex offender status if prosecutors had alerted the Sex Offender Registry Board to past sex-abuse allegations, according to the board’s rules.
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A Wakefield man accused of videotaping himself raping more than a dozen babies and toddlers may have been bumped up to a higher classification than his Level 1 sex offender status if prosecutors had alerted the Sex Offender Registry Board to past sex-abuse allegations, according to the board’s rules.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
How law fails victims of foster parent abuse
How law fails victims of foster parent abuse - Channel 4 News:
A solicitor is planning to challenge the law so that local authorities are made responsible for abuse carried out by foster parents on children in their care, writes Victoria Macdonald.
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A solicitor is planning to challenge the law so that local authorities are made responsible for abuse carried out by foster parents on children in their care, writes Victoria Macdonald.
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Indian welfare directors criticize S.D. foster care
Indian welfare directors criticize S.D. foster care | The Argus Leader | argusleader.com:
South Dakota willfully has violated federal law by removing too many Native American children from their homes and placing them in foster care with non-Indian families, the state’s Indian Child Welfare Act directors said in a report they plan send to Congress.
South Dakota willfully has violated federal law by removing too many Native American children from their homes and placing them in foster care with non-Indian families, the state’s Indian Child Welfare Act directors said in a report they plan send to Congress.
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