That was last night (as I tip my age a bit).
"Anthony case prompts bill in Legislature " by State House News Service / July 12, 2011
Any parent, caretaker, or legal guardian of a minor child with knowledge of the death of that child who fails to notify authorities within 24 hours would face up to five years in prison under a proposal announced yesterday. The bill is prompted by the recent acquittal of Casey Anthony, who had been charged in Florida in connection with the death of her daughter. State Representative David Linsky, Democrat of Natick and the bill’s sponsor, said the case “exposed a large flaw in our judicial system,’’ adding that “not reporting the death of a child should be a prosecutable offense.’’
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Related: Senate to take up legislation for truants
What else do you want them to do, take back the tax loot from corporations?
And what a TIMELY REPORT, huh?
"Report says US child-abuse deaths understated, tracking system flawed" July 13, 2011|By David Crary, Associated Press
NEW YORK - America uses flawed methods to tally and analyze the deaths of children who have been maltreated, and the latest annual estimate of 1,770 such fatalities is probably too low, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report to Congress.
Better data, the GAO says, would aid in developing strategies that could save many children’s lives in the future.
The GAO report, the subject of a House Human Resources subcommittee hearing yesterday, says that state agencies and the Department of Health and Human Services should broaden the scope of data collection, improve coordination, and seek uniform definitions of abuse and maltreatment.
“We need to do a much better job working together at the local, state, and national level,’’ said Theresa Covington, director of the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths, in testimony prepared for the hearing.
In his opening remarks, the chairman of the House subcommittee, Representative Geoff Davis, a Republican of Kentucky, evoked the death of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, whose mother, Casey, was acquitted in Florida of murder charges last week in a trial that drew worldwide news coverage....
I suppose race horse country would know all about grandstands, 'eh?
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Related: AmeriKan Media Still Angry About Anthony Verdict
