PEOPLE MAGAZINE REPORTS KELLY RUTHERFORD RECEIVES HER CHILDREN BACK ON TIME FOR JULY 4TH WEEKEND!

According to Lindsay Kimble of People Magazine,

"Kelly Rutherford was reunited with her children in New York City on Friday, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. 

Despite several recent setbacks in the actress's ongoing custody battle, Rutherford will finally get to spend some time with her children in the United States..."

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http://www.people.com/article/kelly-rutherford-reunited-kids-new-york?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag

THE VALLEY PATRIOT REPORTS JUSTINA'S FATHER AND SISTER SPEAK UP IN SUPPORT OF JUSTINA'S LAW!

Bharani Padmanabhan of The Valley Patriot reports as follows:

"Valley Patriot readers may be familiar with the 17 month long ordeal suffered by young Justina Pelletier at the hands of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the huge effort it took from 100,000 ordinary people from across this great land who came together to finally rescue her and return her to the loving arms of her parents and sisters. The VP was present when Justina finally returned home almost exactly one year ago on June 18th, 2014. 

Today Justina’s father Lou and elder sister Jennifer returned to Massachusetts to testify at a public hearing at the State House in support of House Bill 1469 – An Act called Justina’s Law – filed by Marc Lombardo, Representative (R) for Billerica and supported by James Lyons, Representative (R) for Andover.  Besides the members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, in attendance were also Senator Linda Dean Campbell (D) of Methuen and Keiko Orall, Representative (R) for Lakeville. 

Lou and Jennifer were accompanied by Attorney Philip Moran who ended up representing the family in court last year after Judge Joseph Johnston refused to allow the parents to be represented by the lawyer they chose – Dean Staver from Liberty Counsel..."

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http://valleypatriot.com/pelletier-family-gives-powerful-testimony-in-support-of-justinas-law/

BUSINESS INSIDER PUBLISHES ARTICLE WHERE RESPECTED JUDGE SKEWERS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM!

Judge Alex Kozinski, one of America's most prominent jurists, has a new article out that attacks many assumptions about criminal justice in the US.

"Much of the so-called wisdom that has been handed down to us about the workings of the legal system, and the criminal process in particular, has been undermined by experience, legal scholarship and common sense," Kozinski writes in the Georgetown Law Journal. 

In his article, Kozinski calls much of the law "guesswork" and points out 12 widely held but largely false beliefs about criminal prosecution in America.

Read more:  

http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-kozinski-article-in-the-georgetown-law-review-2015-7#ixzz3eptWgbkP

HUFF POST'S MALIKA SAADA SAAR REPORTS ON THE FOSTER CHILD TO SEX TRAFFICKING PIPELINE!

Malika Saada Saar of The Huffington Post reports as follows: 

The crisis of child trafficking and exploitation in the U.S. is finally capturing our attention. But a critical part of the story has not been told. Most of the children who are being bought and sold for sex in our nation are foster care children. In the states that are tracking these children the following, devastating numbers reveal that:

• In 2013, 60 percent of the child sex trafficking victims recovered as part of a FBI nationwide raid from over 70 cities were children from foster care or group homes.

• In 2012, Connecticut reported 88 child victims of sex trafficking. Eighty-six were child welfare involved, and most reported abuse while in foster care or residential placement.

• In 2012, Los Angeles County, California reported that of the 72 commercially sexually exploited girls in their Succeed Through Achievement and Resilience (STAR) Court Program, 56 were child-welfare involved.

• In 2007, New York City identified 2,250 child victims of trafficking. Seventy-five percent of those experienced some contact with the child welfare system, mostly in the context of abuse and neglect proceedings.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malika-saada-saar/stopping-the-foster-care-_b_4170483.html

CT LAW TRIBUNE REPORTS MEDIA FIGHTS STATE POLICE FOR MORE DOCUMENTS ON ADAM LANZA CASE!

Michelle Tuccitto Sullo of The CT Law Tribune reports as follows:

Months after the Newtown tragedy, State Police released a lot of information on their investigation into the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings and gunman Adam Lanza, but they didn't release everything, and a court battle between authorities and the media over unreleased documents has ensued.

The Hartford Courant has requested documents which are referenced in the State Police report on the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings, but which haven't been made public. Lanza, 20, killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, at home, then fatally shot 20 children and six adults inside the school before committing suicide.

Read more: 

http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202730885642/State-Police-Media-Battle-in-Court-Over-Newtown-Shooters-Documents#ixzz3eUzCuiaF

SHOOTING VICTIM REV. CLEMENTA PINCKNEY TELLS US WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE!

NEW INFORMATION ON SAVING THE PROUTY GARDEN! DONATIONS NEEDED!

Supporters of the Prouty Garden: 


We are fortunate to have, at this late hour, the opportunity to work with a well-established, successful environmental law firm that is enthusiastic and hopeful about saving our beloved Garden.  We have to act fast, which is why we are asking for your urgent support NOW to make this happen.  

We are a concerned group of patients, families, staff, and community members, and are ever so grateful for the way that the community has come together in support of our common goal to Save the Prouty. If you are already aware of the Prouty's plight, please kindly donate whatever you can today to help us meet our goal.  If not, please read below and visit our website www.saveprouty.orgfor more information.  And spread the word! Thank you.

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