MARCH 8 - The boy hadn’t heard the 911 tape before. But on this day, as he sits at the dining room table in his family’s apartment, he tells his mother he’s ready. He’s 14 now, no longer a terrified 9-year-old, and he wants to hear what he told authorities the night he almost lost her. Reluctantly, she pushes play on her laptop. The sound of distant crying and shouting fills the room before a … [Read more...]

Child protection agencies across the country are grappling with how to repair systems that failed to protect thousands of vulnerable children from repeated abuse. Since 2012, directors of at least 16 state and county agencies have resigned or been fired. Nine states have passed sweeping reforms designed to protect more children. Those actions often followed public outrage over the deaths of … [Read more...]

AG Kane: Porn being passed around was not for the faint of heart NEW YORK (CNN) – Dozens of state officials in Pennsylvania, many who worked to bring down infamous child molester Jerry Sandusky, have been caught exchanging crude pornographic e-mails written on state e-mail accounts, state computers, and on state time, according to the state’s attorney general. In all, more than four thousand … [Read more...]

A woman who fled with her 8-year-old daughter a decade ago during a custody dispute turned herself in Monday to face trial. Genevieve Kelley of Whitefield, New Hampshire, disappeared with her daughter, Mary, into Central America in the fall of 2004 after her attempt to prove her ex-husband had harmed the child backfired. The U.S. Marshals Service investigated numerous tips through the years. … [Read more...]

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - In a whistleblower lawsuit filed Thursday, former Sen. Joseph Dunn says the State Bar fired him as its executive director for exposing malfeasance and "egregious improprieties." Dunn, who was fired on November 7, claims he was targeted after he discovered that the bar's chief trial counsel, Jayne Kim, removed 269 backlogged cases from official reports released to the public … [Read more...]