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Carol Erskine @TheCarolErskine ·

22 Aug 2091277559724228733

When an expert is not really an expert. The embarrassing case where Dr. Mack, the Commonwealth's "expert witness" in Clancy previously testified for the State of Florida. The State lost.
The Eleventh Circuit wrote:
"The long and short of it is that the district court acted well

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Carol Erskine @TheCarolErskine ·

21 Aug 2090866887978582422

If investigative reporter @TedDanielnews hadn’t been willing to dig into this story and ask the hard questions, how many more children might remain at risk?

We’ve seen this before with Harmony, who was also just 4 years old. And now, another child who might be a victim.

The

Ted Daniel @TedDanielnews

𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫

DCF deemed the claims "unsupported."

Then a 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 child came forward.

We have the paper trail and court audio.

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