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Protecting Children
Trials and Court Cases
In the Media

Protecting Children
Trials and Court Cases
In The Media
TJF Blog

Protecting Children
Trials and Court Cases
In The Media
TJF Blog

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Protecting Children

Stories, insights, and efforts focused on safeguarding the rights and well-being of children.

Op-Eds

State Failing Children at Cost of Their Lives

Carol Erskine December 21, 2025

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Supreme Court Fails to Protect Children

Carol Erskine August 19, 2025

Exposés

Will Federal Authorities Get Justice for Harmony?

Carol Erskine June 5, 2025

Exposés

The Call for a Federal Probe

Carol Erskine June 4, 2025

Exposés

Making The Case for a Federal Investigation

Carol Erskine June 2, 2025

Blog

Justice For Harmony: What’s Coming Soon?

Carol Erskine May 15, 2025

Op-Eds

Saving the Children of Pappas Hospital

Carol Erskine February 9, 2025

Op-Eds

Massachusetts’ child welfare system is infected with dysfunction

Carol Erskine August 14, 2023

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Carol Erskine @TheCarolErskine ·

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What happened to Kelsey Fitzsimmons at the hearing to modify release conditions that she have no contact with her child is indefensible. The harm and trauma to her and the baby is incalculable. Why did a superior court judge get to do just that without making mandatory findings?

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18 Mar 2034301132160319803

A bench trial for Kelsey Fitzsimmons. Leaving it to a judge takes the emotion out of it and leaves it strictly to whether the elements of the alleged crime are met.

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