Category: Child Abuse

Mothers who use drugs during pregnancy, and give birth to helpless babies addicted to opiates, are not high on the social ladder and are often viewed with disdain by those inexperienced with drug addiction. The knee-jerk reaction is to punish…

In February 2016, there were two momentous decisions issued affecting the nation’s juvenile justice system. First, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that inmates serving mandatory life sentences for murders they committed when they were juveniles were entitled to either a…