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 ARTICLES APRIL 2007
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Features: Injustices of the Justice System (click here)
                          Mental Health Facility / Autism News (click here)
 

April 28, 2007 Imprisoned since 13, an adult Justin Caldwell remains walled in
When he closes his eyes, Mark Caldwell sees his son when he was 2 years old, following his father's grownup lawn mower with a little plastic version.
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April 27, 2007 June trial scheduled in White Co. camp death
Six employees charged with murder and child cruelty in the death of a camper at the Applachian Wilderness Camp in northeast Georgia face trial June 4.
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April 27, 2007

Boyfriend Charged in Killings of 2 Boys
A man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend's two young sons and sexually assaulting her daughter told police he was disciplining the boys over their chores and the situation escalated, police said Friday.
 

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April 25, 2007 Sheriff's office to pay $2.25M in boot camp death
More than a year after a 14-year-old boy died following a violent struggle with guards at a juvenile boot camp in Panama City, his parents have agreed to a $2.25 million settlement with the sheriff's office that ran the camp.
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April 25, 2007 Senate panel reinstates full $5-million for death (Martin Lee Anderson)
The parents of a teenager who died after being roughed up by guards at a state-run boot camp should get $5-million, not a smaller amount recommended by lawyers, a state Senate committee voted Tuesday.
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April 24, 2007 Paralyzed teen may get $8.5M from state
Nearly 20 years after she was paralyzed during a botched back surgery, Minouche Noel and her family may finally get the millions a jury ordered the state to pay them.
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April 24, 2007 Autism school seeks change in zoning (PA)
The West Manchester Township zoning board will hear a proposal by Rotz Realty tonight to re-zone a commercial property so a school for autistic children may move there.
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April 24, 2007

Legislation requires coverage for autism treatments (Wisconsin)
Insurance providers serving Wisconsin families may soon have to cover treatments for autistic children.
 

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April 23, 2007 Parents turn to long-shot therapy for autism
As unproven as HBOT is for treating autism, it is widely accepted in other fields of medicine.
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April 21, 2007 Suspect's surrender comes too late for Yuba, Sutter schools to reopen
Schools in Yuba and Sutter counties were closed Friday even though a man who allegedly promised to go on a rampage that would make the Virginia Tech massacre look "mild" remained behind bars in lieu of $1 million bail.
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April 21, 2007 US campuses threatened after massacre
A man who allegedly threatened a school attack in California that would dwarf the Virginia Tech attacks turned himself in, ending a manhunt that prompted school districts in two cities to tighten security, authorities said.
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April 21, 2007 Videotape shows guard choking teenager - Justin Caldwell abused in Florida DJJ
The Department of Juvenile Justice released a video Friday showing what it described as inappropriate use of force by a guard, who choked a teenager at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.
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April 20, 2007

California towns lock schools after threat
Teachers locked classroom doors, lowered shades and kept nearly 22,000 school children inside all day on Thursday in two northern California cities after a man threatened to go on a killing spree inspired by Monday's mass murder at Virginia Tech. 
 

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April 19, 2007 Family Speaks Out on DJJ Abuse (click here)
April 18, 2007 Maricopa County, Arizona - Outrageous Fortunes
Private lawyers in Maricopa County child-dependency cases are soaking us for unbelievable bucks
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April 17, 2007 6 Indicted in Juvenile Offender's Death
Six former staff members at a school for juvenile offenders waited 41 minutes before calling 911 about an unresponsive 17-year-old student who died, prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing an indictment against the workers.
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April 16, 2007 Texas Juvenile Detention Centers Cope With Charges of Rape, Abuse (click here)
April 15, 2007 Two Fired in Wake of Abuse Allegations - Justin Caldwell abused in Florida DJJ
There is a video tape of the fight between the teenager and the guard but the Department of Juvenile Justice has not released it yet. The altercation happened at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida.
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April 14, 2007 State employees fired after teen knocked out - Justin Caldwell abused in Florida DJJ
Two Department of Juvenile Justice employees will be fired after an ongoing investigation revealed the use of inappropriate force that knocked an 18-year-old resident unconscious at a Marianna facility, department Secretary Walt McNeil said Friday.
 		  
April 14, 2007 Hinton requests move
The Royal Gorge Academy co-director who faces misdemeanor assault and false imprisonment charges has requested his bond be modified to allow for a move out of state.
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April 11, 2007 Autism death probed / Police search doctor's office
State police have searched a doctor's office as part of an investigation into the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy. The child, Abubakar Tariq Nadama, went into cardiac arrest and died Aug. 23, 2005, after receiving his third dose of chelation therapy at the Advanced Integrative Medicine Center, under the care of Dr. Roy E. Kerry.
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April 9, 2007 Parents Of Vanished Teen Ask Governor To Investigate
The parents of a teenager with developmental disabilities want Governor Charlie Crist to open an investigation into the boy's December 6, 2002, disappearance at the institution where he was housed.
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April 7, 2007 Plea to Crist: Help us find our son
Four years after Franklin Weekley vanished at a state institution for disabled people, his family has asked Gov. Charlie Crist to find out what happened. State disability authorities insisted that Franklin Weekley, a severely disabled teenager, needed to live in a locked-down institution for his own protection.
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