Tag: Omaree Varela
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Child Abuse and the Power of the State
While New Mexico tried to pass Omaree’s law during the New Mexico legislative session this week a family in Mass. marked a somber anniversary. The case of 9yr old Omaree Varela who was killed by his mother’s kicking is heartbreaking. But is the answer to such acts of cruelty more legislation or a change of…