Unsupervised Children: Independent or Against the Law? | Law Street (TM):
Our nation has adopted a new habit of charging parents with felonies for teaching their children independence. From Florida to South Carolina to Ohio to Tennessee, parents of elementary age children are being carted off to jail for allowing their children to play in parks by themselves.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Man accused of killing cousin, foster daughter after child porn discovery
Man accused of killing cousin, foster daughter after child porn discovery | abc13.com:
FREEHOLD, NJ --
Authorities say a New Jersey man who served 13 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault strangled his cousin and her foster daughter after the woman caught him taking pornographic photos of the 10-year-old.
Former DoCS case worker Carolyn Quinn denies she failed to protect children TB and DC from abusive stepfather
Former DoCS case worker Carolyn Quinn denies she failed to protect children TB and DC from abusive stepfather - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):
A former Department of Community Services (DoCS) case worker being sued by two victims of child sexual abuse has denied that she failed to protect them from their abusive stepfather.
A former Department of Community Services (DoCS) case worker being sued by two victims of child sexual abuse has denied that she failed to protect them from their abusive stepfather.
Abuse of kids in care: state acts
Abuse of kids in care: state acts | The Australian:
A FORMER South Australian Supreme Court judge will lead a royal commission into the safety and welfare of children in state care in the aftermath of revelations that a government-employed career allegedly raped seven preschoolers.
A FORMER South Australian Supreme Court judge will lead a royal commission into the safety and welfare of children in state care in the aftermath of revelations that a government-employed career allegedly raped seven preschoolers.
Wrongful-death lawsuit in Powell case moves ahead
Wrongful-death lawsuit in Powell case moves ahead | News - Home:
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -A judge is refusing to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit brought against Washington state by the maternal grandparents of Josh Powell's children.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -A judge is refusing to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit brought against Washington state by the maternal grandparents of Josh Powell's children.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Beware Child Protective Services: What Victims, Advocates, and Mandated Reporters Need to Know
Beware Child Protective Services: What Victims, Advocates, and Mandated Reporters Need to Know:
Probably no other public agency leaves victims and advocates more perplexed than Child Protective Services.
Most mothers say they would rather be threatened with jail than to be threatened with the loss of her child. Yet as invasive, terrifying, and awesome as this governmental threat is, virtually all the decisions as to her fitness, compliance, and fate are being decided at the lowest judicial standard of evidence, 51% of the evidence, the 'preponderance of the evidence' standard. This is a far cry from the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard the government must reach before sentencing someone to jail for even the briefest time.
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Probably no other public agency leaves victims and advocates more perplexed than Child Protective Services.
Most mothers say they would rather be threatened with jail than to be threatened with the loss of her child. Yet as invasive, terrifying, and awesome as this governmental threat is, virtually all the decisions as to her fitness, compliance, and fate are being decided at the lowest judicial standard of evidence, 51% of the evidence, the 'preponderance of the evidence' standard. This is a far cry from the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard the government must reach before sentencing someone to jail for even the briefest time.
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