In the two years since she poisoned her 5-year-old son with cold medicine and staged a fiery car crash with his body wedged on a back-seat floorboard, Narges Shafeirad has never publicly said why she did it. On Monday, in a Maryland courtroom, she had her chance. Shafeirad, 35, spoke about a bitter divorce and custody fight she was enduring, and how she’d been ­depressed. [Read Full Article] … [Read more...]

FAIRFIELD — Court records show that a Fairfield couple involved in a protracted divorce were in family court Friday hours before the wife was stabbed to death in her home and her husband was arrested on suspicion of killing her. Camden Lo, 50, filed for divorce from his wife, Wen-Ying Lin Lo, 48, in May 2015, according to Solano County court records. The couple appeared in court early … [Read more...]

There is no basis to file charges against former State Bar President Anthony Capozzi in connection with a charge of smuggling contraband into the Fresno County Jail, a sheriff’s spokesperson said yesterday. The office said on Oct. 12 that it was investigating Capozzi in connection with an unspecified matter. In a statement yesterday, a sheriff’s spokesperson revealed that officers had … [Read more...]

Researchers say a dubious theory called parental alienation syndrome is sometimes used in family court to discredit the abuse of a child. Source: Center for Judicial Excellence (Pixabay) LINCOLN, Neb. – Over the past eight years, custodial parents killed 58 American children after a court ignored abuse claims by a protective parent, according to the Center for Judicial Excellence. And a new … [Read more...]

Profiteering judges, lax oversight and sexism have set up a cottage industry that works against poor parents The toddler could barely walk, but already he was lost. In 1992, his mother, a woman named Josie Cohen, reported to Sacramento area authorities that she suspected her estranged husband was sexually abusing the 2-year-old. According to investigative records documenting the case, … [Read more...]