Stronger State/Federal Laws Needed
News Conference Today At 1pm (EDT), U.S. Capitol Building - Room H-137
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most U.S. states do not adequately protect the rights of (allegedly) abused and neglected children, leaving our most vulnerable (as if everybody else isn't) citizens exposed to the vagaries of the juvenile court system without adequate legal representation, according to a state-by-state study conducted by two national child advocacy organizations.
The peer-reviewed study -- A Child's Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused and Neglected Children (PDF- Size 9 Megs)-- was released today on Capitol Hill by First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law (CAI). To view the full report, visit www.firststar.org, or www.caichildlaw.org.
"The federal government reported that nearly 800,000 children were abused or neglected in 2007," said Amy Harfeld, Executive Director of First Star. "In the current economic recession, these children are suffering more than ever - reports of child abuse have skyrocketed while resources to help them have been placed in jeopardy. Most of these children will go through court proceedings that will determine their lives and futures. Yet while the state and the allegedly abusive or neglectful parent stand in court with attorneys by their sides
We think LESS laws are needed. Give kids and their parents their American Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Rights, and most of the "problems" go away.
For more info about Family Rights: American Family Rights Association
"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." --Aesop (c. 550 B.C.
Comments
They don't tell you that a lot of these kids are also abused and murdered by the very government that is supposed to protect them. They don't care about these children they only want the money from the government that these children provide to these vultures. If they would quit paying them out of the social security fund I wonder how many DHS/CPS workers would be so eager to kidnap the children who are not in any danger. That is until they get in the hands of DHS/CPS. If they really cared about children they would help the ones that need it and leave the innocent ones alone.
These reports are nothing new to a lot of us so when are these so called child advocacy groups going to do something. The talking has been going on for years and frankly is old. It is time to do something about all the illegal activity that goes on behind this. Instead of giving awards to people for helping children and then find out they were only helping themselves. We bring the government the proof and they get mad. They do things like harass you throw you in jail etc. Then they find out we were right and realyze just like with Anna Naukam that they weren't who they thought they were. She embezelled funds from CASA to the tune of 625,000+ dollars. Instead of victimizing the whitsle blowers why don't you investigate their claims? Oh but that would be too easy and also the honest thing to do and lord knows the government can't have that. It is better to just kill the whistle blower and let the millions keep rolling in from the Social Security Fund. Like Oklahoma 29 million+ in 2008.
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