Tag: Child Abuse Defense Lawyer
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5 Adults Charged After Child is Burned in ‘Deplorable’ Home
A tragic accident involving a 4-year-old boy and a butane torch has turned into criminal charged for his parents, evictions for five people, and CPS involvement. The events that led to this sad outcome began over a month ago, with a little boy playing with something he found in his messy house… According to police…
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Calhoun County Dad Leaves Baby in Car While Visiting Strip Club
A Calhoun County father has been arrested for allegedly leaving his young child in the car while he spent time visiting a Battle Creek area strip club. He is now facing charges, although he claims it isn’t what it looks like. According to police records, three men at the club stepped outside to have a…
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Michigan Doctor Charged For Female Genital Mutilation Practices
Female Genital Mutilation is something that the average American only hears about in news about other countries. In fact, it’s neither customary, nor legal to alter the genitalia of an underaged girl here in the US, and so it simply isn’t something that makes the local news very often. Yet, if Homeland Security and Child…
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Michigan Lawmakers to Remove Statute of Limitations on Child Sexual Abuse?
In Michigan right now, Murder, Solicitation to Commit Murder, Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First degree, and violations of Michigan’s Anti-Terrorism Act are all crimes that have no statute of limitations. This means that if someone is discovered to have committed any of these specific crimes, 10, 30, or even 60 years ago, they can…
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Michigan’s Central Registry: What You Need To Know 1
For parent in Michigan, one of the scariest things about CPS is their seemingly unlimited and unquestioned power. No other government agency in this state has the authority to label you as a criminal and add your name to a statewide Registry without ever having to produce a shred of evidence against you. Even the…
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Target 8 Investigation Prompts Mixed Reactions About CPS Involvement 1
Target 8 is the investigative arm of Wood TV8 out of Grand Rapids in Kent County. The media group regularly investigates situations and individuals it believes may be overlooked by the public. This list includes nursing homes, insurance benefits, and in the case of one recent story – CPS‘s involvement in the lives of babies…
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Child Abuse: A Comparison of Developing vs. Developed Nations
In many, many ways, America is a wonderful place to live. Home to the world’s greatest melting pot of cultural and ethnic diversity, some of the best trauma care available on the planet, and a phenomenal inventive and creative sector. We have a lot to be proud of. But for all of that, a terrifying…
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CPS Cleared in 4-Year-Old Kharisma Richardson’s Death
4-year-old Kharisma Richardson died earlier this year as a result of actions taken by her mother, Daveeta Walker. In addition to severe burns and blisters, the child had also sustained blunt force trauma to the chest, and multiple bruises. The young Kalamazoo mother was convicted of torturing and abusing her young daughter to death, and…
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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,…
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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…