Category Archives: Judicial Accountability

Race & Gender of Judges Make Enormous Differences in Rulings, Studies Find

The American Bar Association came out with an interesting study on Race and Gender making differences in judges rulings earlier this month. I was a little surprised to find that it came out of t......

Federal Government Freezes County Title IV-E Funds!

The first thing that we have to clear up here is what exactly is “Title IV-E Funds.” According to Nationwide Blueprint, a site that discusses Welfare Reforms, Foster Care, and Child ......

FDLE: DCF Worker Stole $40K In Tax Dollars

Welfare, Child Protection, Child Support, Adoption, and all inter-related federal grant programs that have been plagued by a number of bribery schemes, extortion schemes, corruption, and other a......

Report: Fla. Child-Welfare Workers Falsified Data

This report first came in Sunday afternoon through some commentary that some avid readers and contributors to this site were discussing about. We also took some additional commentary on the radi......

Ex-boyfriend and father of children says woman left threatening messages; judge grants her an order of protection

Personal custody cases rarely make it into the public eye for consumption, unless you are of course a celebrity, celebrity attorney, or of course a local high-ranking political official… I......

Court: Illegal Immigrant Kids Wrongly Removed?

Child Protection in the United States often receives much, but not enough, scrutiny when it comes to what happens to children and parents when brought under the jurisdiction of the courts regard......

Threats to Judges, Prosecutors Soaring…

A review of the article “Threats to Judges, Prosecutors Soaring” that appeared in the Washington Post on May 25, 2009 made an impressive series of claims. Among the claims made in th......

Minnesota: Anoka County Judge Pleads Guilty

In Anoka County, Minnesota a County Judge recently pled guilty to four misdemeanor counts of “failing to file a tax return.” These are state charges that resulted in a remaining tax ......