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"Travis judge tells woman to stop having kids"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this alternative sentencing story out of Texas.  Here are some of the basic details:A judge in Travis County has ordered a woman to stop having children as a condition of her probation in her case of injury to a child by omission, an extraordinary measure that legal experts say could be unconstitutional. The order was for Felicia Salazar, 20, who admitted to failing to provide protection and medical care to her then-19-month-old daughter last year.  The girl suffered broken bones and other injuries when she was beaten by her father, Roberto Alvarado, 25, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison.  Alvarado and Salazar relinquished their parental rights, and the child, who has recovered, was placed in foster care...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 12, 2008 (boomark / email).