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JusticeForChildren@yahoogroups.com is a listserve for child advocates, mental health professionals, non-offending protective parents/relatives or attorneys who represent abused or neglected children or who represent the parent or relative seeking to protect a child from abuse in cases marked by the system's failure to protect the child.

This list covers legal cases of interest, conferences in the field, legislation that impacts child victims, research on the effects of abuse and neglect, how court and/or child protection systems fail to protect children as well as the legal and psychological strategies that are used to undermine the credibility of children as witnesses to the crimes committed against them.

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Labor Department Solicitor Gregory Jacobs praises JFC in testimoney before the U.S. Senate:

"As a government official, I believe it is important to stay directly in touch with the impact government policy has on ordinary citizens. Accordingly, while serving in each of the positions I have held with the federal government, I have simultaneously been involved in one or more cases outside the government on a pro bono basis. I entered each of these cases through the auspices of Justice for Children, a non-profit organization that seeks to provide legal representation to protect children who are the victims of physical or sexual abuse. This work, which has been among the most meaningful of my career, has kept me actively involved in both trial and appellate litigation, and has given me the opportunity to personally get to know some truly courageous individuals – parents who persevere through every difficulty and frustration to protect their children from the horrible specter of abuse, and wonderful men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing them the support and resources they need to succeed. "

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National Sex Offender Public Resistry now available online: www.nsopr.gov

Oprah Magazine Features Justice for Children and Founder Randy Burton

The November 2006 issue of Oprah Magazine article entitled “Please Daddy, No” described the dark and troubling hidden world of child abuse in America . (This magazine is available at your local newsstand through the middle of November.)

It also gave a stark view of the reasons why organizations such as Justice for Children are needed.  JFC directly assisted in the rescue of four of the children mentioned in the article.

In the revealing and sometime shocking article by Jan Goodwin, the writer explains the strange paradox of a child protection and judicial system that allows abusers to commit repeated acts of violence upon those they are deemed to protect, punishes the accusers by removing the threatened child from their custody, and insulates the perpetrator from criminal liability under the protective umbrella of a “family” their abusive acts have already destroyed.

On page 350 of the magazine, under the headline: “Is Your Child In Danger,” Justice for Children is cited as the recommended refuge for victims and their protectors, and our website and phone number are listed for those needing help. Elsewhere on that page Justice for Children founder Randy Burton is quoted as saying that the judicial system is often subject to apparent bias, and that often apparently perverse custody rulings exhibit “a classic case of cronyism.”

Please check out the entire article at your convenience and share it with friends who are interested in learning more about the work done by Justice for Children .