Weak on Child Abuse Posted on May 16th
A 2-YEAR-OLD Baltimore girl died last year after swallowing methadone, and Maryland child welfare officials publicly owned up to their failings. They rightly said that shining a light on their handling of the case, with all its tragic shortcomings, would lead to remedies that just might save the next Bryanna Harris. It’s troubling, then, that Maryland’s law governing the release of information in child abuse and neglect cases is one of the worst in the country.
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