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Getting Off the Abuser List

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

From the Ninth Circuit today, Humphries v. LA Co., No. 05-56467: Appellants Craig and Wendy Humphries ..., [a]ccused of abuse by a rebellious child, ... were arrested, and had their other children taken away from them.... *      *      * Notwithstanding the findings of two California courts that the Humphries were ?factully innocent? and the charges ?not true,? the Humphries were identified as ?substantiated? child abusers and placed on California?s Child Abuse Central Index (?the CACI?), a database of known or suspected child abusers. As the Humphries quickly learned, California offers no procedure to remove their listing on the database as suspected child abusers, and thus no opportunity to clear their names...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).