California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Wednesday her office is investigating allegations of systemic failures in San Bernardino County’s Department of Children and Family Services, prompted by horrific tales of children repeatedly being placed into abusive homes where they died or were severely abused. “We are looking more broadly than any one individual incident. We’re … [Read more...]

Judge Jaime R. Roman violated due process rights and showed bias on multiple occasions, panel finds A Sacramento County judge who once jailed a trial witness for allegedly flipping the bird violated the witness’ due process rights and abused his authority on multiple other occasions, a judicial oversight panel determined last week. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jaime R. Roman received … [Read more...]

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jaime Román has been admonished by state judicial commissioners who concluded Román’s conduct on the bench was “improper at a minimum,” for abusing his authority and violating due process rights in several cases he handled between 2010 and 2012. Román, who now presides largely over criminal matters in Department 63 at the court, received the public admonishment … [Read more...]

Just as the Argentinian mothers of the Plaza de Mayo boldly demonstrated on behalf of their missing children known as the “desaparecidos,” (both young and adult children disappeared by a military junta)—just so are American mothers crying out and publicly demonstrating about their lost children. Yes, I am talking about children who are lost to their mothers, and mothers who are lost to … [Read more...]