ChildLaw
"Commentary, insight and analysis on children's law, policy and current issues."
Author: James R. Marsh practices at the Marsh Law Firm in New York City. He is also the founder of the Children's Law Center in Washington, D.C., and a member of its board of directors.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Juvenile Justice • Family Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from ChildLaw
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ACLU Sues School for MySpace Penis Pop Pix Punishment
Two sophomore girls have sued their school after they were punished for posting lingerie photos on MySpace during their summer vacation which showed them licking a penis-shaped lollipop. This is not New York, New Jersey…
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Parent Sponsored Online Pornography for the Little Ones
A 1970s-era Texas law that allows parents to show "harmful material" to their children has come under fire after a prosecutor said he couldn't file charges against a man accused of forcing his eight- and…
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The Children's Law Center Comes of Age
When I created the Children's Law Center in 1996, my biggest dream (and worst nightmare) was that we'd have enough money to keep the doors open for a month. Well I guess I must have…
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Masha Allen's Untold Story
Once again Niels from Pound Pup Legacy has written a blockbuster piece about Masha Allen. Drawing from new sources who are speaking out for the first time, this never ending tragedy is further revealed in…
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Pedophile Director Roman Polanski Jailed
Last spring there was a great deal of controversy about Oscar winning film director Roman Polanski's long running attempt to escape justice for his 1977 rape of a 13 year old girl. Back in February,…
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Report finds Florida overmedicates foster children
Yesterday, the Miami Herald revealed that in a report "expected to be released publicly later this month," a "panel of child-welfare experts, including two top administrators from the" Florida Department of Children & Families, "says…
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A Bold Gambit to Reduce Demand for Child Porn
From today's Christian Science Monitor: Federal prosecutors and New York lawyer James Marsh are persuading courts to order anyone caught with illicit images to pay financial restitution to child victims. Federal prosecutors are embracing an…
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Legal Immunity for CPS Workers who Lie?
The critics and plaintiffs’ attorneys are out there. They seethe with frustration in their assertion that there are child protection workers who are as dysfunctional and flawed as some of the abusive and neglectful parents…
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Facebook Gestapo?
Now that Facebook is no longer pimping our children, the public school system is rushing to fill the void. Still smarting from getting whacked by the Supreme Court for strip searching middle school students over…
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Decriminalizing Sexting?
Hot on the heels of a spate of high-profile sexting cases in New Jersey and the nation, New Jersey legislators are proposing alternatives to criminal prosecution that will effectively decriminalize teenage production and distribution of…