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Showing posts with label JUDGE BARRY PINKUS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JUDGE BARRY PINKUS. Show all posts

Friday, October 30, 2015

HE'S BAAACCCCCK, EVERYONE! JUDGE BARRY PINKUS, WHO FAMOUSLY DENIED ADRIANNE OYOLA A PROTECTIVE ORDER, HAS RETURNED TO THE BENCH!

By now we are all familiar with the story. Last July 2015, Tony Moreno tossed his 7 month old little boy, Aaden Moreno off the Arrigoni Bridge, and then jumped himself. Although Moreno survived the jump, his little boy, Aaden did not.  

Later, we learned that the baby's mother, Adrianne Oyola, had applied for a restraining order against Tony Moreno on June 17, 2015 because she feared for her life and that of her baby.  However, despite her pleas and her powerful descriptions of the ways in which Tony Moreno had held her hostage with violence and threats of violence, Judge Barry Pinkus refused to grant the restraining order.  

We also learned that this was not Judge Barry Pinkus' first example of using poor judgment.  It turns out that Judge Pinkus was the very same judge who ordered that killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, the man who raped and murdered the Petit family women, be granted full custody of his then five year old daughter.  

After Baby Aaden's tragic death, "The Hartford Courant" reported State Sen. Dante Bartolomeo of Meriden as stating, "It looks to me as though we need to better understand what the judicial system knew and why there wasn't a permanent restraining ordered issued,"  And further, "(Oyola) appears to have provided enough information for the judge to grant a permanent protective order.  The fact that didn't happen appears to me to be a horrendous failure of the system."  

In a letter to the editor published at the time on the website "My Record Journal.Com", Kathy Castello of Meriden wrote of Judge Barry Pinkus, "The father has mental issues and the judge knew this, yet he denied the right to the mother to be free from his threats and as a result the judge caused this baby's death.  Even though he wasn't on that bridge, he is still responsible because he could have prevented this horrible tragedy from happening.  He needs to resign his position as judge."  

Three months have gone by since then and we have heard very little news regarding this case since the tragedy occurred.  However, "Divorce in Connecticut" would now like to report that, far from resigning from his position, it looks as though Judge Barry Pinkus is right back on the bench happily adjudicating high conflict and complex domestic violence cases as usual.  In fact, it looks as though he has hardly missed a beat!  

I heard this through a friend who contacted me to ask whether a Judge Barry Pinkus would be a good judge to handle her complex domestic violence case in Middletown.  Apparently, family relations officers in the region she was located had recommended to her that she agree to have her case transferred to Middletown with Judge Barry Pinkus appointed to the case as judge. They said Judge Pinkus is really good at handling domestic violence cases.

I responded with incredulity--what in the world is Judge Pinkus doing, let alone our court system.  Here is a man whose insensitivity to the needs of at risk women and children is now more notorious throughout the state than any other judge.  Now he is apparently back on the bench with a chorus line of family court personnel recommending him to unknowing litigants as an expert on domestic violence?  

Since I am a thorough individual, I had one of my assistants contact the Connecticut Judicial Branch for verification of Judge Pinkus' return.  Thus, this blog sent out an email to Ms. Melissa Farley of External Affairs for the CT Judicial Branch, Attorney Martin Libbin, the attorney representing the interests of the CT Judicial Branch, and Judge Chase T. Rogers, the Chief Justice of the CT Judicial Branch asking them to clarify Judge Pinkus' status.  None of these individuals chose to respond to this email, which leads me to conclude that the information regarding the fact that Judge Barry Pinkus has resumed his duties is indeed correct.  

But imagine that the CT Judicial Branch feels that it is impervious to the requests for information that citizens extend to them.  They believe they are simply above such mundane matters as being required to be responsive to any inquiries.  This is not the first time that citizens have asked questions of the CT Judicial Branch and the Branch simply ignores them.  As you can see, this is a group of court personnel whose arrogance rises to extraordinary levels.  

I would also like to add that while I was formulating this particular blog, a woman contacted me with a copy of a Memorandum of Decision that Judge Pinkus wrote this year structured closely around false accusations of Parental Alienation Syndrome and setting this particular woman up for the loss of custody of her children within the near future.  Clearly, Judge Barry Pinkus is incalcitrant--he is a misogynist who has clearly demonstrated his dislike of women for a lengthy period of time and continues to do so in one Memorandum of Decision after another.  

Nonetheless, the CT Judicial Branch has seen fit to return him to the bench really quietly so that there wouldn't be any outcry.  

The news is:  we've noticed!  

I also think it is worth noting the Media silence on this topic.  

I am sure readers would like to know if Judge Barry Pinkus received any supplemental training in domestic violence with an emphasis on the coercive and controlling behaviors perpetrators demonstrate in these abusive relationships.  

I am sure readers would like to know what progress the Task Force is making that was recently established to address the impact of domestic violence on children.  

I am sure readers would like to know how Adrianne Oyola is managing after this terrible tragedy darkened her life.  

I am sure readers would like to know what steps are being taken to hold Mr. Tony Moreno accountable for his crimes.  

I am sure readers would like to know what steps the CT Judicial Branch is taking to eliminate bad judges whose ignorance regarding domestic violence, and whose fatherhood rights stance is wreaking havoc on protective mothers and their children throughout the State.  

If we don't have this information, and there is a news blackout on this information, what more can we say other than "Judicial - Media Committee" to reflect the complete lack of ethics the CT Media have demonstrated in their dealings with the corruption of the CT Judicial Branch whose interests they cannot seem to separate from their own.

Monday, July 20, 2015

MEDIA AVOIDS POINTING OUT THE LINK BETWEEN JUDGE BARRY PINKUS AND HIS SUPPORT OF RAPIST AND KILLER JOSHUA KOMISARJEVSKY!

As we consider the death of baby Aaden Moreno, we do need to keep in mind that Judge Barry Pinkus, who denied Adrianne a restraining order which would have protected her and saved her baby's life, was the very same judge who gave full custody of a 5 year old little girl to rapist and killer Joshua Komisarjevsky.  For the details of this, please click on the link below:

"Connecticut Court Failure:  The Deadly Rebranding of Joshua Komisarjevsky" by Anne Stevenson

http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-court-failure-the-deadly-rebranding-of-joshua-komisarjevsky-10607/



For a description of Joshua Komisarjevky's criminal actions, see the Wikipedia description below:

From WIkipedia:

"During this time, Hayes and Komisarjevsky escalated the aggravated nature of their crimes: Komisarjevsky raped the 11-year-old Michaela.[12][13] Komisarjevsky, who had photographed the sexual assault of the youth on his cell phone,[14] then provoked Hayes to rape Hawke-Petit. While Hayes was raping Hawke-Petit on the floor of her living room, Komisarjevsky entered the room announcing that William Petit had escaped. Hayes then strangled Hawke-Petit, doused her lifeless body and parts of the house including the daughters' rooms with gasoline. The daughters, while tied to their beds, had both been doused with gasoline; each had her head covered with a pillowcase.[15] A fire was then ignited, and Hayes and Komisarjevsky fled the scene. Hayley and Michaela both died from smoke inhalation.[16]"


This is the kind of individual Judge Barry Pinkus considered would be a better parent than the little girl's mother who had been primary caretaker up to that time.  And we are surprised about what happened to Baby Aaden?  

The death of Baby Aaden Moreno was inevitable in the light of current Connecticut Family Court policies to place the interests of fathers well over that of mothers, no matter how criminal the fathers are.

Saturday, July 18, 2015

CONNECTICUT'S STANDARD OF PROOF FOR DV PROTECTIVE ORDERS PRACTICALLY THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY!

SO WHY DID JUDGE BARRY PINKUS PUT A PROTECTIVE ORDER BEYOND ADRIANNE OYOLA'S REACH IN VIOLATION OF OUR OWN CONNECTICUT LAW?  THE BOTTOM LINE IS JUDGE PINKUS DID NOT OBEY THE CT GENERAL STATUTES AND USED A BURDEN OF PROOF THAT WAS WELL BEYOND WHAT THE LAW REQUIRED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS POINT, SEE THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/domviol/pdfs/Standards_of_Proof_by_State.authcheckdam.pdf

Friday, July 17, 2015

MEDIA AND THE COURTS: BONNIE RUSSELL'S BLOG EXPOSES JUDGE BARRY PINKUS' PAST HISTORY!

According to journalist Bonnie Russell of "Media and the Courts":
"A few weeks ago, Family court litigant, Adrianne Oyola, received a temporary restraining order to prevent Tony Moreno, the father of Adrianne’s seven month old son, Aaden Moreno, from hurting Aaden.  The order was signed from a still as yet to be identified, family court judge.
But when Adrianne returned to court with a request to make the temporary restraining order permanent, Judge Barry Pinkus refused her request; and Adrianne’s temporary restraining order, expired.
“Expired” turned out to be the operative term.
Judge Barry C. Pinkus - killerjudges.com
Judge Barry Pinkus – killer judge
Barely a month after Judge Pinkus’s ruling, Tony Moreno threw seven month old Aaden off the Arrigoni Bridge, into the Connecticut River.
Aaden promptly drowned..."














READ MORE:

JUDGE BARRY PINKUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF BABY AADEN!

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

KATHY CASTELLO OF MERIDEN WRITES TO MY RECORD JOURNAL.COM AND SPEAKS HER MIND ABOUT JUDGE PINKUS!

Kathy's words are eloquent and strike to the heart of the matter.  Thank you, Kathy, for speaking up as a lone citizen for the rights of this little boy and his mother when big money newspapers like "The Hartford Courant" and "The Waterbury Republican American" won't. Shame on these two newspapers for courting privilege and abandoning the rights of two vulnerable CT citizens, one an innocent child.

Editor:
Superior court Judge Barry Pinkus denied the request for a restraining order for the mother of baby Moreno. He stated the couple had a chaotic relationship but he was not convinced that there was a continuous threat of physical injury to the child. I would ask Judge Pinkus if the death of this poor innocent infant is proof enough for him? He could have saved this child’s life but he failed to do the right thing and protect this child. I would ask him if he’s happy now. Was the death of this baby enough proof? What right did he have to deny this request? His incompetence cost this baby his life! The father has mental issues and the judge knew this, yet he denied the right to the mother to be free from his threats and as a result the judge caused this baby’s death. Even though he wasn’t on that bridge, he is still responsible because he could have prevented this horrible tragedy from happening. He needs to resign his position as judge. I don’t blame the father, he is a sick man, I blame the judge; he had the power to stop it yet he didn’t, how is he going to live with himself now? This poor baby never had a chance at life, never saw it coming, this sickens me to death, just to even think about this tragedy. I hope the mother sues the judge and the State of Connecticut for damages in her baby’s death. Pinkus had a duty to protect the life of this baby and he failed this mother, this infant and this family all because he didn’t think the father was a threat. Hope he’s satisfied.
Kathy Castello, Meriden

For the link to this comment, see below:

BALLOTPEDIA LINK TO JUDGE BARRY PINKUS!

FOR THE LINK TO JUDGE BARRY PINKUS' BACKGROUND, SEE BALLOTPEDIA ENTRY BELOW.  NOTE THAT JUDGE PINKUS WAS THE JUDGE WHO DENIED ADRIANNE OYOLA THE RESTRAINING ORDER SHE NEEDED TO PROTECT HERSELF AND HER BABY, AADEN.  LATER, THE FATHER TOSSED THE BABY OFF A BRIDGE TO HIS DEATH:

http://ballotpedia.org/Barry_C._Pinkus

Saturday, July 11, 2015

THE HARTFORD COURANT EXAMINES CONNECTICUT FAMILY COURT'S FAILURE TO HANDLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES PROPERLY!

Alaine Griffin and Shawn R. Beals of "The Hartford Courant" report as follows:


"Nineteen-year-old Adrianne Oyola walked in to Judge Barry C. Pinkus's courtroom in late June with no legal representation and a daunting task: to convince a judge that she and her infant son needed protection from the child's father.

A civil court judge had previously granted her a temporary restraining order against ex-boyfriend Tony Moreno, now charged with murder in 7-month-old Aaden Moreno's death, after she alleged in an application that Moreno had pushed her around and threatened her life and the child's.

In front of Pinkus, 12 days after the temporary order was granted, and with Moreno also in the courtroom, Oyola said there was some physical violence and that Moreno violated the temporary order. But she said Moreno's abuse was more psychological than physical.


Pinkus denied Oyola's request for a permanent restraining order. On July 5, six days after the restraining order was denied, police said Moreno threw the baby off the Arrigoni Bridge into the Connecticut River. Moreno jumped over the railing and survived, despite suffering serious injuries..."


READ MORE:

HARTFORD COURANT PUBLISHES OP-ED DEFENDING JUDGE BARRY PINKUS WHO FAILED TO PROTECT BABY AADEN!

BERLIN ATTORNEY RICH ROCHLIN ACTS AS APOLOGIST FOR JUDGE PINKUS STATING AS FOLLOWS:


"The tragic death of an infant, apparently thrown by his father, Tony Moreno, from the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown on Sunday put new focus on the family court system — particularly Judge Barry C. Pinkus' June 29 ruling to deny the permanent restraining order application of Adrianne Oyola, the mother of 7-month-old Aaden Moreno, who was found in the Connecticut River in East Haddam on Tuesday.

As a lawyer who regularly practices in the family system, I have appeared before Judge Pinkus many times. He is fair, professional and thoughtful. He "tells it like it is" and the system would benefit from more jurists like him. Each day, Judge Pinkus (and other family court jurists) must make some of the most difficult decisions required of any judge. People's lives can be and are often changed forever based on their decisions regarding a restraining order, custody and financial support.

Although the public has been quick to condemn Judge Pinkus for his ruling both on social media and in comments to articles in this paper's online editions, people should resist the urge to blame him and do a more thorough analysis of the exceedingly difficult job these jurists have when they are forced to make these decisions..."


READ MORE:


ARTICLES ON ATTORNEY RICH ROCHLIN:




CT FOX NEWS STATES JUDGES POORLY TRAINED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CT SENATOR MAE FLEXOR CALLS FOR MORE VICTIM'S ADVOCATES IN FAMILY COURT!

CT FOX NEWS reports as follows:
"MIDDLETOWN- The judge who denied a permanent restraining order against the father accused of fatally throwing his 7-month-old off a bridge ignored several red flags, the director of Connecticut’s Coalition Against Domestic Violence said Thursday.
According to Karen Jarmoc, the mother of baby Aaden Moreno presented plenty of evidence to Judge Barry Pinkus to show there was a continuous threat of violence from the baby’s father, Tony Moreno, 21.
“It’s the physical violence and it’s also the threat of physical violence and the risk factors associated with that that merit a restraining order. And, clearly, all of those were very evident,” Jarmoc said..."
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

CT FOX NEWS PUBLISHES TEXTS EXCHANGED BETWEEN TONY MORENO AND ADRIANNE OYOLA MINUTES BEFORE AADEN'S DEATH BUT STILL FAILS TO GET THE POINT!

CT FOX NEWS REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:
"MIDDLETOWN–The arrest warrant charging Tony Moreno with murder in the death of his son, Aaden, shows a turbulent* relationship between him and the 7-month-old’s mother in the minutes, days, weeks and months leading up to Tony’s suicide attempt and Aaden’s death.
Adrianne Oyola, Aaden’s mother, told officers when they interviewed her following the incident that she had lived with Tony, his mother and his brother from February 2013 to June 17, 2015, and that in the months leading up to her moving out the couple was not getting along..."
READ MORE:
http://foxct.com/2015/07/08/text-messages-reveal-final-moments-before-baby-aadens-death/

*In fact, CT FOX news statements are incorrect.  This was not a "turbulent" relationship which implies mutuality.  In using this term and implying mutuality, CT FOX news is attempting to cover up for Judge Barry Pinkus who could have saved Aaden Moreno's life, but decided not to.  Judge Pinkus' excuse was that the antagonism between Tony Moreno and Adrianne Oyola was mutual when, in fact, it was not, i.e. "The problem is just that you two don't get along."  

The reality is that what Adrianne Oyola described and what the texts between the two of them reveal is a situation where Tony Moreno was incredibly abusive, and that abuse escalated predictably when Adrianne attempted to free herself from that abuse.  CT FOX news should be ashamed of its bold faced attempt to cast blame on Adrianne and imply a mutuality which simply did not and does not exist.  

Adrianne did not do anything wrong.  

In fact, she did everything right by reporting the abuse, by seeking a restraining order against the abuse, and by doing what she could to work with the father, Tony Moreno, when everything else failed.  Adrianne Oyola is a courageous woman who deserves every bit of sympathy and respect that we can give her.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

BARRY GOLDSTEIN (NJ) TO SPEAK REGARDING AADEN MORENO ON CHANNEL 8 AT 11:00P.M.!

FACE BOOK COMMENTS BY ELIZABETH RICHTER.


For those who are interested, Barry Goldstein will be on Channel 8, WTNH news this evening at 11:00pm to talk about the murder of Aaden Moreno. I hope everyone will take a moment to switch on their TVs and listen to Barry's remarks. The State of CT needs to learn from this completely unnecessary death and not sweep it under the rug. We must hold our representatives responsible for this terrible tragedy. We testified in droves last year about judges behaving exactly with this kind of indifference and disrespect in response to our pleas on behalf of our children and in return Senators and Representatives laughed at us and ridiculed us as "angry" and "disgruntled" and attempted to slander our spokesperson, Rep. Minnie Gonzalez. This is the end result of that kind of irresponsible and disrespectful behavior at a time when concerned citizens of CT sounded the alarm and warned Representatives that this day was coming.

HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS AADEN MORENO'S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND.



"MIDDLETOWN — A Superior Court judge said he was not convinced the father of a Middletown, Conn. infant missing since Sunday posed a physical threat to his family when he rejected the mother's request for a restraining order last month.

Late Tuesday, state police said an infant's body was found in the Connecticut River near the Salmon River boat launch in East Haddam. But police said they could not confirm it was the body of the missing child.

Judge Barry C. Pinkus told Adrianne Oyola, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Tony Moreno, that their testimony at a June 29 hearing showed there was "chaos" in their relationship but that Moreno was not an "imminent" threat, transcripts obtained by The Courant indicate.

"I'm just not convinced that there's a continuous threat of present physical pain of physical injury," Pinkus said at the hearing. "I think the two of you don't have a good relationship."..."


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IN BABY AADEN CASE, THE HARTFORD COURANT WOULD RATHER MANGLE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAN TELL THE TRUTH!

"The baby did not plunge; he was thrown!"

We now all know the story.  Last Sunday night, Tony Moreno, 22, made a suicide jump from the Arrigoni Bridge taking his 7 month old little boy--Aaden Moreno--along with him.  

As it turned out, Moreno survived the jump, but not his little boy, Aaden.

While rescue teams search the river for Aaden's body, news reports from "The Hartford Courant", indicate that weeks before this incident the little boy's mother, Adrianne Oyola,  asked a Connecticut Family Court judge, Judge Barry Pinkus, for a restraining order against the child's father because she feared for the safety of the boy and herself.

More specifically, "The Hartford Courant" stated: "Court records indicate there is an open child custody case involving Aaden's parents. The records show the baby's mother, Adrianne Oyola, applied for a restraining order against Moreno on June 17 because she feared for her child's and her own safety. Oyola wrote in the application that she and Moreno were happy until she became pregnant, but he began to verbally abuse, threaten and push her.

"He has told me he could make my son disappear any time of the day," she wrote. "He told me how he could make me disappear told me how he could kill me. I sometimes am scared to sleep. He told me he would put me in the ground and put something on me to make me disintegrate faster."

"I can't bring [the baby] around my family without [Moreno's] approval, but he could do anything he wants without letting me know," she wrote. "I feel that he is a danger to my child and me and would like to leave with my child and get full custody."

Unfortunately, Judge Pinkus refused to grant her a restraining order and now the child is dead.

In the aftermath of this incident, I have been indignant about the coverage that "The Hartford Courant" has provided.  Specifically, in its earlier reports, the Courant failed to indicate the name of the judge who had denied Ms. Oyola a restraining order.  


When I asked Christine Dempsey, one of the lead reporters on this story, what was the name of the Judge, she responded that she did not know.  This is hardly credible granted that it is clear that "Hartford Courant" reporters reviewed the files in the case and quoted from the Motion For a Restraining Order which the judge was required to sign in order to deny it.  

Why would "The Hartford Courant" seek to suppress this information?  Perhaps a little thing called the Judicial - Media Committee, about which this blog has previously reported, played a role?  Who knows! 

It was only upon the report of Mr. Jason Newton of Channel 8 WTNH news that we were finally able to obtain the judge's name.

As it turned out, the name of the judge--Judge Barry Pinkus--was of great interest to the general public because this was the very same judge who ordered that killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, the man who raped and murdered the Petit family women, be granted full custody of his young daughter.  Thus, here is a judge whose decisions have already been called into question, and this should be duly noted.

Not only did "The Hartford Courant" attempt to protect the identity of the notorious judge involved, it also used language in its headlines and elsewhere that appeared to shift responsibility from the perpetrator to the victim, or at the very least imply a neutrality that had no appropriate place in reports of this incident.  

For instance, here is one:  "Mother of Baby Who Plunged Into River Feared For Child's Safety, Records Show!"  If you were casually scanning the newspaper and read that headline, you'd never think that a father was involved in this situation at all!  From the way it is written, it would appear that the mother plunged into the river and now the records show she feared for her baby.  So?

Next, if you look at how the headline is written, it seems as though the baby simply tossed himself into the river -- no father involved.  To understand what I mean, just see the structure of the headline itself: [The] baby...plunged into [the] river.  Right.  Isn't that what the sentence says?  The baby plunged, i.e. subject and verb, the baby took action by plunging; that is fundamental to the meaning of the infinitive "to plunge".  In other words the baby jumped off the bridge of his own volition.  But no, no, no.  This is not an accurate report.  The truth is the baby should have been presented as what he was in any headline and in any report, as the helpless object of his father's wrath.  

This baby did not plunge--subject/verb.

The father threw the baby--subject/verb/object.

Ahhhhh!  Have I said this right?  Do you get what I am saying?  

Again, this baby did not plunge.  On the contrary, he was thrown!  Let me try to say this in the passive voice (which I've been told many times not to use, but in this circumstance is incredibly enlightening)  "The baby was thrown off the bridge by his father."  In other words, the baby was the innocent object of the Father's evil actions.

That is more accurate grammatically and in so many other ways. It puts the blame and the responsibility where it belongs, in the actions of a criminal Father.

Someone please explain to me how any writer or editor at "The Hartford Courant" could mistake who is the victim here?  Who could fail to use the right kind of language to do justice for this little boy.

Now, I did not by any means wish to give folks a grammar lesson.  In fact, even though I've taught writing for many years, grammar was never my strong point as my students can attest.  But even I can see what happens when you massacre the English language to misrepresent the facts of a case while pretending to report on a story.  

My question is, here you have an entire newspaper with highly trained editors whose sole job it is to see that  their employees report on the news truthfully in a way the public can understand. 

How come when it comes to CT Family Court and its abuse of protective mothers and their children, "The Hartford Courant" seems to keep on getting it wrong.

RESPONSE OF BARRY GOLDSTEIN TO MURDER OF BABY AADEN MORENO!

BARRY GOLDSTEIN HAD THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS TO MAKE RE THE DEATH OF AADEN MORENO:

"You are probably aware that in a recent two year period we found news stories about 175 children murdered by abusive fathers involved in contested custody.  And like this case many of the other murderers were given the access by the courts to kill their children.  Dr. Dianne Bartlow wrote a chapter in for my next book with Dr. Hannah.  She interviewed judges and court administrators in the communities where the tragedies occurred.  The question she asked is one we should be asking now.  Did the courts create any reforms in response to the tragedy to better protect children.  Surprisingly the answer was no because the judges thought the murder in their community was an exception.  This murder in CT is not an exception but part of a pattern.  

Whatever we want to say about this judge [Judge Barry Pinkus], if he knew what was going to happen he would have given the mother the protective order.  He didn't know because the courts are not using practices that make the health and safety of children the highest priority as it should be.  For every child who is murdered, thousands more suffer significant harm but don't make the headlines because they are alive.

The solution is the Safe Child Act which would require that the health and safety of children must be the first priority in all custody and visitation decisions.  And it provides reforms so judges can recognize the danger.  This tragedy can be an opportunity to say never again.  Our side needs to unite behind the Safe Child Act and not divide among many other ideas some of which are helpful but ultimately not the solution that would have saved this baby."

CHANNEL NEWS 8 REPORTS THAT IT WAS JUDGE BARRY PINKUS WHO DENIED MOTHER OF MURDERED CHILD A RESTRAINING ORDER!

From News Channel 8 WTNH,

"According to court records, Aaden’s mother filed for a restraining order against Tony. Adrianne Oyola, 19, claimed that she suffered physical and verbal abuse from Moreno, and she also requested full custody of their child, saying she feared for their safety. That request was denied exactly one week ago by Judge Barry Pinkus in Middletown."

Judge Barry Pinkus is the same judge who granted Joshua Komisarjevsky full custody of his daughter just before Mr. Komisarjevsky went out and raped and murdered the Petit family women.

SEE LINK TO KOMISARJEVSKY STORY BY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ANNE STEVENSON:

http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-court-failure-the-deadly-rebranding-of-joshua-komisarjevsky-10607/


FOR A LINK TO THE FULL STORY RE AADEN, PLEASE SEE BELOW:

http://wtnh.com/2015/07/06/search-suspended-vigil-for-missing-infant/

Thanks go to reporter Jason Newton of News Channel 8 WTNH for his responsible coverage of this story.