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Murder By Child Abuse—Who's Responsible After State V. Jackson? , Christine A. Martin
Murder By Child Abuse—Who's Responsible After State V. Jackson? , Christine A. Martin
Seattle University Law Review
Currently, under Washington law, a passive parent is not legally responsible for the death of his or her child from abuse. State v. Jackson is a horrific illustration of the gaps in Washington's law regarding the issue of who is responsible for the death of a child by abuse. Because passive parents should be held responsible for the death of their child from abuse, and because Washington's current laws are inadequate, Washington's legislature should create a special statute that would hold both abusive and passive parents culpable for the death of a child resulting from abuse.
Not In Front Of The Children: Prohibition On Child Custody As Civil Branding For Criminal Activity, Deborah Ahrens
Not In Front Of The Children: Prohibition On Child Custody As Civil Branding For Criminal Activity, Deborah Ahrens
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This piece identifies and explores a trend in statutes and caselaw towards treating criminal behavior as a per se or presumptive bar to child custody, reading this development through the lens of the modern criminal sanctions literature.