"Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by its example.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself."
–Supreme Court Justice Brandeis

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Documentary: Breaking The Silence;Children’s Stories

 

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Breaking The Silence; Children's Stories

This powerful PBS documentary chronicles the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to protect them from their abusers.

The one-hour special also features interviews with domestic violence experts, attorneys and judges who reveal the disturbing frequency in which abusers are winning custody of their children and why these miscarriages of justice continue to occur.

This Documentary is a part of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights lawsuit (Dombrowski et al v US)  in conjunct with other National Organizations on behalf of Battered Mothers and Battered Children Nationally.

Entire Petition here: http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/ocean/host.php?folder=3&page=468

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