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Legal Aid Society (misc. state and local organziations)

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Role	Name	Type	Last Updated
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present)	Prof. Barry C. Scheck Esq.	Person	Jan 27, 2006

Date	Fairness.com Resource	Read it at:
Jan 20, 2008	Murder Case Tests Limits on Parents’ Right to Hit QUOTE: Parents in all 50 states are allowed to hit their children...There are limits, of course, on what is allowed. But out of reluctance to legislate parental conduct, [New York] state lawmakers...[are] instead letting courts consider the matter case by case.	New York Times
Feb 17, 2006	Welfare Agencies Seek Foster Children's Assets QUOTE: Determined to extract as much federal aid for social programs as the law will permit, some state welfare agencies even hire private companies, working for contingency fees, to help them reap more federal money by identifying foster children who are eligible for Social Security benefits. The money is then routinely used to help offset the cost of foster care.	New York Times
Mar 19, 2003	Female Prisoners Sue State for Guard's Sex Abuse QUOTE: Women in New York prisons filed a class action claiming the state makes it difficult to impossible for victims of sex abuse to make complaints against the prison guards who assault them.	Women's eNews