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Judge orders FLDS newborn into state custody
By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writers
© 2008 The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — A judge ordered that the baby boy born to a teenager taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in West Texas be placed in state custody, according to documents released Thursday.
Texas District Judge Barbara Walther signed the order Wednesday giving the state custody of the 1-day-old infant born to a teen believed to be 15 or 16 years old.
The girl has claimed to be 18 and based on a bishop's record used during the custody hearing two weeks ago, she would be 18 now. But officials believe she is younger and placed her in foster care with other children taken from the ranch.
The newborn is the teen's second child; the first is a 20-month-old boy. The father of both children was identified as Jackson Jessop, 22, but state officials say they don't know his whereabouts.
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Many things could be addressed here, but the most obvious question that comes to mind is 'what evidence does the state have that this women had abused her 1 day old child?'
The presumption of guilt by the state in this case (the whole FLDS case) is so overwhelming that it simply can't be ignored.
now, the worst one can say about this women and her husband is that perhaps she conceived her first child when she was 15 and he was 20.....statutory rape, anyone?
certainly, here we have the case of a crime committed which will presumably carry a rather severe penalty, notwithstanding that as recently as 1 year before the crime in the State of Texas and for the several many millenia before that, it was not at a crime at all, but rather a marriage between a man and a woman.
so, here we have a case where for all we know, the man loves the woman very much and the man and woman have been dutiful, caring parents. but the state, in its infinite wisdom, has devised a law which deems their act of marital consumation a violent crime, notwithstanding that the victim makes no complaint, and proceeds to render asunder a husband from his wife while taking children from presumably loving parents and placing them into a system where they will undeniably be in greater danger than the general population.
anyhoo...i got a kick out of these comments on how the state knows best...
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I'm all for the whole sale round up of abused children and their parents. Put the children into a safe government environment. And put the parents in jail and throw away the key.
I say lets get cracking. We should start with the parents of the baby boys who had their child sexually mutilated for life. Then we should go after the parents of the girls and boys that permitted holes to be pierced into their bodies. Needles with ink scaring the flesh for life should be next. If these boys once 18 want flesh cut from their penises fine, same goes for girls drilling holes in their bodies. The state really does know best; the interest of children and can make a case of abuse against any parent so lets just take them all away..
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