Philly.com: A corrupt judge, a damaged life – Read it.
Yahoo!: House of Cards: The Faces Behind Foreclosures: We have entered the one-strike-and-you’re-out era. One lost job. One medical emergency. One bad risk or misjudgment of the heart.
Boing Boing: Caught on tape: 15-year-old girl beaten by sheriff’s deputy
ProPublica.org: Psychiatric Hospital Pledged Change, But Some Problems Persist – how we treat those most vulnerable says *everything* about our society.
Furious Seasons: Feds Accuse Celexa, Lexapro Maker Of Kickbacks To Docs, Illegal Marketing For Kids – kickbacks to pediatricians ordering psychiatric drugs to children.
Flickr: Photo gallery of Forest Haven – “a children’s developmental center in Laurel, Maryland. It is sometimes referred to (inaccurately) as “DC Children’s Center”, although this was not an official moniker. It was notorious for its poor conditions and abuse of patients. It was shut down in 1991 by a federal court.
Boing Boing: Doctors force patients to sign gag orders forbidding online reviews
Sadly, that’s how the court system works in many cases. The saying is “Guilty, until proven Innocent,” But this example is too much. Why isn’t this Judge in prison? The parents of all these kids affected need to file a Civil Rights Lawsuit together.
Once you’re in the system its quite difficult to get out. If this kid wasn’t advised of his rights, and if this article is true, and not given a legal defender, some heads need to roll, and roll quickly.
Anybody that suffered at this Judge’s abuse, can NEVER be given back that time of their life, there is no take backs, no undo, there will be memories.