No plea deal for accused mother
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=696665
Attorney for woman charged with endangering adoptive son rejects offer,
for now
By BOB GARDINIER, Staff writer
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First published: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
TROY -- A longtime foster mother accused of severely abusing her
11-year-old adoptive son turned down a plea deal Monday that would have
netted her a 60-day jail sentence.
Sharmon S. "Sherry" Evans, 57, appeared before Family Court Judge Linda
Griffin on Monday and was informed by prosecutors that she would also
face three years probation and have to surrender her parental rights to
the boy if she pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of
a child.
"We find the deal unacceptable at this time," Evans' attorney Joseph
Ahearn told the judge.
In turning down the deal, however, Ahearn asked for more time to
consider the plea and the matter was rescheduled for July 7.
The boy, whose name is being withheld by the Times Union, said in a
police deposition that he was forced to live in a prison-like bedroom
that was rigged with an alarm to let Evans know if he tried to leave.
He said he was neglected for as long as he could remember, was not
regularly fed and was not allowed to use the bathroom, causing him to
soil himself. He also alleged he was regularly punched and slapped, and
forced to wear a diaper and sleep on the floor with no blankets or pillow.
Evans, who ran a foster home for many years at 714 Fourth Ave., was
charged May 10 in City Court with a misdemeanor count of endangering the
welfare of a child. The boy was a foster child before being adopted by
Evans at about the age of 1.
According to a deposition taken from a 14-year-old friend, the boy stood
near the garbage cans in the cafeteria at the school he attended and
asked classmates for their leftovers. "He was asking the kids if he
could have their food, the stuff that wasn't bitten," said the older
boy, whose name also is being withheld.
The case came to light when Evans' son showed up at the friend's house
May 9 wanting to say goodbye because he was running away from home.
The friend's parents then took Evans' son to police headquarters.
Assistant District Attorney Laura Kruegler told the judge that the
office of District Attorney Richard McNally was offering the deal which
also would require that Evans submit to a mental health evaluation.
Also in court Monday regarding the case was Theresa Beaudoin of the
Rensselaer County Social Services Department and the boy's law guardian,
Fred Kirwin.
County officials have said the boy now lives with other foster care
providers and is doing better and gaining weight.
Bob Gardinier can be reached at 454-5696 or by e-mail at
bgardinier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and
the Child Protection "INDUSTRY"
Child Protective Services Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of CPS.
every parent should read the free handbook from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Wa****ngton. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
Perpetrators of Maltreatment
Physical Abuse CPS/Foster care 160, biological Parents 59
***ual Abuse CPS/Foster care 112, biological Parents 13
Neglect CPS/Foster care 410, biological Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS/Foster care 14 biological Parents 12
Fatalities CPS/Foster care 6.4, biological Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and ***ual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
THIS IS AMERICA'S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST
Currently Child Protective Services violates more constitutionally
guaranteed liberties & civil rights on a daily basis then all other
agencies combined, Including the National Security agency/Central
intelligence agency wiretaping programs…
THE CORRUPT BUSINESS OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
BY: Nancy Schaefer Senator, 50th District of Georgia
http://www.senatornancyschaefer.com/articles.php?filter=6
This is Child Protection?
By Gregory A. Hession, J.D.
http://www.jbs.org/node/4632
Mercenary Motherhood: "Memoirs of a Babystealer."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-callahan16oct16,0,5019944.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILURE:. A Brief Analysis of the Casey
Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler
http://www.nccpr.org/re****ts/cfpanalysis.doc
HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN
http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html
Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness
DSS and affiliates rewarded for breaking up families
By Nev Moore Massachusetts News
http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/2000/5_May/mayds4.htm
A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster care:
30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children.
27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated
33% were receiving public assistance
37% had not finished high school
2% receive a college degree
50% were unemployed
Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children
not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems,
including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and
impaired social relation****ps. Some experts estimate that about 30% of
the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various
studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care
tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school
compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their
education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment
than the general population.
*Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Sup****t
80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system.
The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn
of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child
psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should
just be blown up.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991
Four rigorous studies have found that at least 30 percent of America’s
foster children could be home right now if their parents had decent
housing.
These studies found thousands of children already in foster care who
would have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away
in the first place.
Front-page story in USA Today.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-02-foster-study_N.htm?csp=34#Close
Read the studies online.
Casey "alumni" study: "Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the
Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study,"
www.casey.org/Resources/Publications/NorthwestAlumniStudy.htm
MIT study: "Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects
of Foster Care,"
www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fosterlt_march07_aer.pdf
http://www.cftl.org/do***ents/2008/FCfullre****t.pdf
Texas comptroller's "Forgotten Children" re****ts:
http://www.window.state.tx.us/news/60623statement.html
www.window.state.tx.us/forgottenchildren
The bottom line? - Child Protective Services and the Foster Care system
for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than
Walking Wreckage...
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CONSTITUTIONALLY
GUARANTEED LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER
AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS....
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLI****NG CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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