The Justice File is a platform for truth, accountability, and reform—focused on how the law affects vulnerable children. Founded by former Massachusetts Juvenile Court Judge Carol Erskine, a Top Ten Massachusetts lawyer and author of A Cruel Injustice, the site features analysis, trial commentary, and investigative reporting on child welfare, constitutional rights, and domestic violence. Drawing on 21 years on the bench, Judge Erskine exposes systemic failures and calls for justice through articles, media appearances, and legal commentary.
Sweet Harmony Montgomery should still be alive. Instead, her tragic death has left her half-brother Jamison—now adopted by two loving dads—grieving the sister he adored. Unaware of the public outrage surrounding her case, Jamison simply says, “I wish she wouldn’t have died.” When a Massachusetts court gave custody of Harmony to her violent father in New Hampshire, her fate was sealed. Even in death, officials and lawyers have worked to silence her story to protect their own failures.
In Part 3: "Jamison doesn’t know how his sister Harmony died, only that she died. He doesn’t know she was tormented for three months. He doesn’t know that DCYF didn’t protect her and lied about it in the official report." Sadly he will have to know the truth someday. Read it…
Beautiful Harmony was a prisoner in the home where her father tormented her. Read Part 3 today to see how she was kept from medical care, school and help of any kind from DCYF. The state put her in the backseat of that car—where her father beat her to death.…
For those on a break from the Read case please take some time to read the exposé Parts 1 and 2 about why Harmony was left by NH DCYF with her killer-father. Part 3, the worst of her treatment, will be released early tomorrow 6/3 as Jamison remembers her birthday later this week.…
She was just 5—so frightened, punched in the head. Her uncle begged DCYF to save her on 7/29. They protected her father instead. The social worker never saw Harmony in July. Why did DCYF protect her killer in that house of horrors? Read Part 2 today. https://thejusticefile.com/2025/06/04/the-call-for-a-federal-probe/
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