Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
It was reported by the Associated Press that Roman Polanski will be placed under house arrest pending the decision of the Swiss Justice Ministry to extradite Mr. Polanski back to Los Angeles, California to face criminal charges for the rape of a 13 year old girl. Many child safety advocates and others question why Roman Polanski is getting such preferential treatment for the crimes that he committed. It is also baffling because Roman Polanski skipped out on serving his prison sentence in California so many years ago. The passage of time does not lessen the severity of the crime or the need to punish the criminal for his wrongdoing.
In Davenport, Iowa, two month old (Chase Kloppenberg) was taken off of life support at Iowa City Hospital according to Sergeant Frankie Wilson with the Davenport Police Department. Brian M. Fix, the mother’s boyfriend, has been charged with the crime of child endangerment causing serious injury. In criminal of this nature, the extent of the criminal charges could be amended in light of the fact that the child died.
A special needs teacher at a South Carolina Elementary School, Rosemary Mills, has been arrested and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. She was reportedly witnessed by a parent of one of the other children, screaming and grabbing the child by the back of the neck and forcing the child down into a chair. She then allegedly told the boy to get up and put his book bag away, and then shoved him once he stood up. The parent reported the incident to the school, and Mills was placed on administrative leave. Nancy Britt, director of human resources for the school district, filed a police report sometime later.
Monique Manjarrez was recently called to pick up her twelve year old autistic son, Jeremy, from Kachina elementary School in Peoria, Illinois. Ms. Manjarrez was told by school administrators that she should pick Jeremy up because he had fallen and hurt himself while in the bathroom with a classroom aide. But when she saw Jeremy’s face, she felt he looked more like he had been beaten, with swollen and bruised eyes and a large bump on the back of his head.
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle recently signed into law four bills aimed at protecting children while being cared for outside the home. The new laws will better enforce preventative procedures against fraudulent child care services and help ensure child safety. The bills were introduced in reaction to discovery of fraud in the state’s child care program, Wisconsin Shares, which assists low-wage-earning parents in paying for child care.