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Carol Erskine
February 19, 2026
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.
Thank you to @CWBeacon for publishing my op-ed today. Whatever one’s views on the shooting, it’s important that the public discussion include the actual Fourth Amendment constitutional framework governing police use of force and how it applies in the context of a justification
Their mother was arraigned today in Massachusetts for strangling her two beautiful children. I refuse to show that woman's picture. I choose to remember and pray for the lives senselessly taken. RIP Kai and Ella.
The ME ‘s office has revised Sandra Birchmore’s cause of death from “asphyxia by hanging” to just “asphyxia" with the manner of death "undetermined" rather than homicide, further victimizing Sandra. What changed other than the optics for his assistant DA now running for the DA’s
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