catwho the Pest wrote:
It's going to take years of therapy to fix her, anyway.
I don't think that taking a child away from parents is punishing the child for a crime they might commit in the future. I'm not sure how that came up. It's saving the child from potentially committing crimes. Ideally, the parents lose their kid + get slapped with a fine. Sort of like animal abusers.
Presumably they would be taking the child away because the child is being abused or neglected - and not because she may or may not commit a hate crime in the future. People are institutionalized however, if they are deemed a threat to themselves or others (you know - crazies).
If child protective services takes a child away from a family it should never be about punishment but simply protecting the child.
This is shock-jock stuff. Is there a history of violent or illegal behavior by the girl or her parents?
Interestingly, most states have some kind of language in their regs that allow their home case-workers some leverage in removing children from homes - or not, as they see fit. In other words it's an area that they don't want black and white, but instead want dealt with on a case by case basis. Of course any actions or inactions have to be justified. Removing kids from their home is tricky business.