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  • CPS Removed Children After Toddler Severely Burned

    22-year-old Kenneth James Jerone McCloud of Muskegon Heights has been accused of scalding his young son so badly that prosecutors are claiming that the child may be disfigured for life. As a result of the allegations, Child Protective Services has removed both the young boy and another child from the home and placed them in…

  • Despite New Trial, Ackley Headed To Prison For Child Abuse

    Over the last few weeks, we have talked at length about Shaken Baby Syndrome, and the two trials in Calhoun County that were set to challenge this already questionable science. However, as it turns out, one of those trials has had an unfortunate outcome, at least for the defendant. Ackley was one of two men,…

  • Spanking: Points to Consider When Disciplining a Child in Michigan

    Spanking is a topic that we have discussed on numerous occasions in the past. Why? Because it is a controversial subject that many people don’t agree on. Add to that the fact that the law isn’t as cut and dried as we may like, and the whole topic can get pretty complicated. So in that…

  • Michigan Woman Abandons Toddler in Car, Found 10 Miles Away

    The story is confusing, and heartbreaking. A Michigan woman left a toddler alone in a car in Atlanta, Georgia, and wandered away. She was found, ten miles away, with no memory of what happened, or where she had been. Now, in the wake of these strange and confounding circumstances, the mother is facing criminal charges.…

  • Children Taken From Parents, Found Mysteriously Dead

    A Michigan couple have been found dead in their home, where police say that Child Protective Services recently removed two children. The situation itself is a mystery, and is still under investigation by police. Not many details have been released about the circumstances surrounding the couple’s death, nor with regard to the children taken by…

  • Recent Appeals Court Ruling Affects Another Abuse Case

    A decision handed down in the Michigan Court of Appeals recently may have ripple effects on other cases currently pending, as well as in the future. The Court of Appeals decided that a fetus is not legally a baby, and therefore is not covered under Michigan’s description of “child” in the legal definition of child…

  • Is It Constitutional For Caseworkers To Lie In Court?

    One of the issues we have raised on a number of occasions here in our articles, is the unbridled freedom that CPS workers have, coupled with a startling lack of oversight, when dealing with parents and families. Which is why we would like to share this particular case with you, that deals with whether or…

  • U of M Law School Gets Grant To Review Shaken Baby Cases

    The University of Michigan’s Innocence Clinic is receiving an astounding $250,000 in federal grant money in order to reexamine convictions in a number of ‘shaken baby” cases. More and more in recent years, science is revealing that a great deal of the symptoms closely associated with shaken babies, are actually the result of a much…

  • Muskegon ‘Furry’ Accused of Sexually Abusing Young Boy

    In 2003, CSI introduced the wider world to the fascinating but little known subculture of ‘plushies and furries.’ For a time, after ‘Fur and Loathing (season 4, episode five), the media was full of stories about people who like to dress up as animals in full body fur costumes. However, the frenzy quickly faded away,…

  • Michigan Court of Appeals Rules: A Fetus Is Not A ‘Child’

    The Michigan Court of Appeals has thrown out a conviction against 30-year-old Melissa Lee Jones, a mother who was convicted of child abuse for using drugs during her pregnancy. This unprecedented ruling, while it has an immediate impact of Jones’ life, also has further reaching implications with regard to the abortion debate. Jones was convicted…