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In reply to the discussion: We failed her. Big time. Boston Children’s was experimenting on Justina Pelletier, [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)a horrifically burned little girl from the custody of her mother because the mother had not done the abusing, "only" stood by while her live in boyfriend did it. Why? Because at that moment, the boyfriend was in jail--for sexually abusing their infant daughter.
They had removed the infant daughter from the home, though. The social worker wanted to adopt her, and did. (Not the same social worker who was trying to get the little burned girl removed, though. She was great.)
The lawyer representing the state in that instance was a chronic drunk. I don't know if he was drunk at the hearing, but he sure didn't seem well prepared or on his game. The lawyer assigned to the mother for free did a much better job, but the judge was off the wall, IMO.