Texas Supreme Court reinstates judge who beat disabled daughter

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Texas Supreme Court reinstates judge who beat disabled daughter (via Raw Story )

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted the suspension of an Aransas County judge who was caught on video beating his 16-year-old disabled daughter. Judge William Adams was suspended with pay last year while the State Commission on Judicial Conduct investigated the allegations against him. In September…

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Severe Abuse of Adopted Children

In response to troubling issues identified by the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombudsman (OFCO) concerning cases of severe child abuse and neglect of adopted children, Washington state Governor Gregoire requested that Children’s Administration (CA) and OFCO convene a workgroup to examine these issues and make recommendations to improve the adoption process and protect children. Members of the workgroup represent various professions and organizations including: Children’s Administration; private child placing agencies who conduct domestic and ...

Today’s Outrage (on a weekend no less)

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School district calls 12-year-old rape victim ‘negligent’ and ‘careless’ in her own abuse (via Raw Story )

The Moraga School District in Moraga, California alleged that a 12-year-old girl, who suffered prolonged sexual abuse at the hands of two different middle school teachers in the 1990s, was “negligent,” “careless” and “was herself responsible for the acts and damages of which she claims.”…

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Teacher Creates Child Sex Abuse Images of Third Graders

Last month, the Marsh Law Firm received a disturbing email from the parent of a child whose teacher took child sex abuse images of her and her fellow third graders in school during the school day. We immediately contacted attorney Douglas Fierberg who has extensive experience litigating against school districts across the country. A lawsuit against the Hildebran, North Carolina school district was filed earlier today. FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT FILED BY HILDEBRAN, NORTH CAROLINA NINE YEAR OLD STUDENT WHO WAS SEXUALLY MOLESTED AND VIDEOTAPED BY TEACHER WHO ABUSED ...

Fifth Circuit Endorses Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims

Today, in a rare en banc decision, the Fifth Circuit endorsed the Marsh Law Firm's argument that victims of child pornography are entitled to restitution for the full amount of their losses. In a case which has been winding its way through the courts since 2009, ten of fifteen judges agreed that the Mandatory Restitution for Sexual Exploitation of Children Act of 1994 "imposes no generalized proximate cause requirement before a child pornography victim may recover restitution from a defendant possessing images of her abuse." The Court further declared that the child ...

$9250 for Illegally Downloading a Song – $0 for Child Pornography?

In July, a Nebraska judge awarded a child pornography victim just $2500 in restitution. Despite un-refuted losses of over a million dollars, the district court concluded it would be “gilding the lily” to give the victim the "full restitution" which Congress made mandatory in Joe Biden's Mandatory Restitution for Sexual Exploitation of Children Act. The victim in this case, United States v. Robert M. Fast, was ten years old when her father directed and produced child pornography videos using a script which he created with his daughter in the staring role. The ...

Youth in Foster Care and Psychotropic Medications

Making Healthy Choices: A Guide on Psychotropic Medications for Youth in Foster Care looks like a graphic novel, but its photo-heavy format and cartoon speech balloons carry a serious message. Designed to appeal to youth, the booklet walks the reader through the decisions that have to be made when mental health problems—short- or long-term—need to be addressed. Often, the quick solution to dealing with behavior issues of youth in foster care has been to prescribe psychotropic medications. Recent publicity about the high numbers of medicated children and youth ...