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RaleighNCDUer

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Thu Sep-17-09 01:24 PM
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5. I would respectfully disagree, judge.

It didn't qualify for felony cruelty-to-children when a child witnesses a person being beat - but it should qualify when a child witnesses her MOTHER being beat. The mother is the essence of safety and security for a young child - the trauma of seeing that happen could mar the child for life, because it was not just a person being beaten, it was the child's symbol of security being destroyed. She may, very literally, never feel safe again.

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