I had been hoping against hope that the upcoming hearings from the FLDS might inject some modicum of justice as understood by western civilizaiton for most of the last millenia, but apparently not. Recalling that the State's reasoning was quite explicit--they intentionally took children (the vast majority) who had not been physically (sexually) abused and who were not in imminent danger of being physically abused, and bearing in mind that the state now has in custody, among others....
-the healthy and wholly unabused children of monagomous couples;
-a child born only a few days ago (who cannot have been abused at YFZ -- he's never been there); and
-a 17 year old girl from canada who is visiting her grandmother.
this article is frightening...
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Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, said the 60-day hearings that begin May 19 are to review service plans developed for each child, check medical care and hear how the children are faring in foster care.
“This is not going to be a redo of whether abuse or neglect occurred,” Crimmins said.
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IOW, the upcoming hearing is not to determine whether abuse has occured, but rather to determine what shall happen now that abuse has been confirmed. The judicial proceedings, whatever the hell they may have been, which determine(d) that the State can take these children from their parents has already come and gone. I don't know what to say other than 'wow, when the State presumes guilt, it makes no bones about it.' Sadly, it is increasingly apparent that this is not a case where children have temporarily been removed from the parents while the state sorts out some sordid facts. It's a fait accompli.