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- LETTERS, Page 8Abused Children
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- As a result of the Supreme Court's decision absolving
- states of responsibility in child-abuse cases (LAW, March 6),
- the American "justice" system has abandoned battered children
- to their fate. To clear the Winnebago County social services
- department in Wisconsin of charges of inaction is a moral
- outrage. Who in America will now speak for the voiceless and
- powerless children?
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- Michele M. Knowlton Los Alamitos, Calif.
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- The most appalling part of this story is that the social
- services department had evidence of nearly two years of child
- abuse and yet failed to help. Why do we hold bars and
- restaurants responsible for serving liquor to noticeably
- intoxicated customers, and yet not make accountable those who
- are in charge of a child's life?
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- Victoria M. Flowers Dale City, Va.
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- As Americans, we are guaranteed the opportunity to life,
- liberty and the pursuit of happiness. One of the purposes of
- our government, be it local or federal, is to preserve these
- rights. There is no other authority that can protect a
- four-year-old when a parent becomes abusive.
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- Janice Giordano Medford, Mass.
-