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On Sat. August 2, 2008, three year old Carson Chaney was taken to Colquitt Regional Medical Center and placed in ICU due to serious injuries sustained at the hands of his father, Colt and his stepmom, Amanda Chaney of Moultrie, Georgia. Colt and Amanda Chaney have since been charged with two counts of First Degree Cruelty to Children and other charges are pending.
Carson's injuries, as stated by the Moultrie Observer, are: 2nd and 3rd degree burns on numerous places on his body that had blistered and bled due to lack of medical treatment, bruises and abrasions on his face body. Also, Carson was locked in his room for a week for punishment. Carson has had it rough his entire life and he is only three years old. Please keep in mind that several months ago Carson had to be life flighted to a Tallahassee hospital because he allegedly fell off of a porch and cracked his skull. For more than a week it was unknown whether Carson would live or die. At that time, Carson was being cared for by Colt and Amanda Chaney.
As of now, Colt and Amanda are being held in the Colquitt County Jail without bond and we are fighting to keep it that way. Without the courageous action taken by a babysitter, Carson could have died from his injuries.
62. "Close the gap" in Indiana law 
We find it very disturbing that abuse can be over looked and ignored because of a “gap” in the law between the State of Indiana, the Department Child Services, and the Department of Education. Who is responsible for reviewing the rules concerning licensing? (IC 31-27-2-1 Indiana Code regarding Duties of the Department of Child Services and Child Care Institutions operated by Religious Institutions).
Hephzibah House is not-for-profit religious facililty that has fallen into the gap. No one is supervising the activities at Hephzibah House. None of their staff has yet to be held accountable for the abuse that has been taking place there for over 30 years.
*Strip searches and forced vaginal exams.
*Beatings leaving scrapes, blood, and bruises.
*Isolation from family and other students.
*Humiliation (Including forcing teen girls to wear diapers & record publicly the details of their bodily functions).
*Food deprivation or force feeding as punishment.
63. Appeal process for childrens' protective services
I as well as numerous other families have had children's protective services not take action with a family I reported when I witnessed abuse.
Childrens' services has a long history of removing children who shouldn't be removed and not removing children who should be removed. Thousands of families have been devestated by their action and nonaction. There are many reforms which this agency needs to take action on. I believe that the first action needs to be to establish an appeals process for decisions made by childrens' services.
There is an appeals process for the court system, for determination of public benifits and we need one for the process of determining childrens' safety. Training is less than minimal in childrens' services and frequently decisions are based on personal biases and unless onre has the money for an attorney there is not much a person can do about these decisions.
An appeals process would at least give a family an unbias step in a process which hurts children as much as it helps them.
64. We Deserve The Right To Live Pain Free
Child abuse is reported on an average of every 10 seconds and three children die every day as a result of such abuse.
Sadly, Colorado has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the country. According to the National Child Abuse & Neglect Data System (NCANDS), Colorado ranks 3rd in the nation for deaths resulting from child abuse.
Government funding does not support the full range of services necessary to assist families in providing safe, nurturing care and education for their children, or, when necessary, to develop an alternative permanency option.
65. 100% prosecution rate for crimes against children
South Africa's endless rapes and violations of our country's children and babies and the child pornography problem that never yields any justice needs to be addressed.
We need to ensure that all our children in the present and in the future are safe from harm.
66. Child abuse and sbcs or drunk driving
This is the letter if you want to use it that's fine.
TO THE WEST VIRGINIA PAROLE BOARD,
I AM WRITING REGARDING THE DUI CAUSING DEATH CASE INVOLVING CHRISTIAN JAVIER SANCHEZ RUBIO AND 4 YEAR OLD TYLER LEE EVANS.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU THE WEST VIRGINIA PAROLE BOARD LET JUSTICE PREVAIL IN THIS CASE. ONE YEAR IS NO JUSTICE FOR A 4 YEAR OLD CHILD WHO HAD SO MUCH TO DO WITH HIS LIFE AND SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR.
TYLER WAS A CHILD WHO WAS LOVED DEARLY NOT ONLY BY HIS FAMILY BUT, BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. TYLER HAD AN AMAZING SMILE AND A LOVING GLOW THAT SHINED IN EVERY WAY. IMAGINE IF YOU WOULD A CHILD WITH AN AMAZING LOVE FOR FOOTBALL, MOTOCROSS RACING, DIRT TRACK RACING, THE BEACH , AND MOST OF ALL THE CONNECTION TYLER HAD WITH HIS 10 YEAR OLD PONY DORITO WHO TYLER SAID WAS HIS BEST FRIEND.
FROM THE TIME TYLER WAS 2 YEARS OLD HE LOVED HORSES AND DREAMED OF OWNING HIS OWN HORSE SOMEDAY, SO WHEN TYLER WAS 2 YEARS OLD HE RECEIVED DORITO AS A GIFT. HIS LOVE FOR HORSES ONLY GREW FROM THERE. HE DREAMED OF SOMEDAY OWNING HIS OWN FARM A DREAM THAT LITTLE TYLER LEE EVANS CAN NEVER SEE COME TRUE. TYLER WAS A BIG DREAMER HE DREAMED OF RIDING A SCHOOL BUS TO HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WALKING IN THE CLASS ROOM THINGS MOST TAKE FOR GRANTED TYLER WILL NEVER DO THANKS TO A DRUNK DRIVER WITH NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.
A LIFE TAKEN WAY TO SOON BY A DRUNK DRIVER. WE ASK OF YOU TO KEEP THE MAN WHO TOOK SUCH A YOUNG LIFE BEHIND BARS. ONE YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE WHO TAKES A LIFE. A CHILD THAT NO ONE CAN RETURN TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BUT WE CAN EASE THE FAMILIES GREIF BY KEEPING THE MAN WHO TOOK THE LIFE OF TYLER LEE EVANS BEHIND BARS.
YOU OWE TYLER JUSTICE AND JUSTICE IS NOT ONE YEAR BEHIND BARS FOR A MAN WHO TOOK SUCH AN AMAZING LITTLE BOY.
THANK YOU,
In August of 2002 my 12 year old grandson Chris Cejas was beaten to death in Sacramento California by his biological father and step mother.
From the information I have the judge stated the injuries Chris suffered were equivalent to a serious car accident. This torture went on for 3 to 4 days. In May of 2002 an upstairs neighbor called CPS. After 9 days the worker showed up at the apartment complex. Since the caller did not tell the apartment number at which Chris was located, the worker went to the manager. The manager told the worker she didn't know of any Chris in trouble there. The problem with that is the apartment where Chris died alone, on the floor with a blanket tossed over him was right next door to the manager's apartment.
If apartment managers were Mandatory reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act in 2002 this manager would have been obligated to report the noises she had to have heard or face charges herself. Also there are protections for mandated reporters already placed in the law to protect them from law suits.
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July 10, 2007
Update: This petition is now open to signatures from anyone across the United States.
68. Child Abuse Prevention Act
This petition was inspired by a 4 year old little girl named Summer Phelps. Summer was basically invisible to everyone since she was only 4 and did not attend school.
Summer endured months of horrifying torture and abuse at the hands of her father and stepmother, who were eventually arrested and charged with her murder by abuse. You can learn more about Summer's case by going to these sites:
http://www.myspace.com/summerswish07
http://www.krem.com/news/local/stories/krem2_042607_lytletrial.e90a58b.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258385,00.html
69. Baby James' Foundation & Law
Children are placed back into the hands of their abuser to only end up being abused again, or worse, deceased. These abusers have more children, walk our streets, become babysitters, sometimes teachers and coaches, generally remaining a presence in our communities and in the lives of our young people.
70. I, too, "am fearfully and wonderfully made"
At the close of the year 2006, there were 689 reported and confirmed cases of severe child abuse and neglect in York County, South Carolina. This includes only this one county, and doesn't account for the multitude of cases that likely went unreported.
Not a single one of these cases resulted in a prison sentence for the perpetrator greater than 11 years. More significant sentences have been granted for the abuse of animals, which is demonstrated by the attached documentation.
Child abuse and neglect is an epidemic in our country, and one that must be stopped. Most of us have heard the phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (Exodus 21:23-27). This idea represents exact retribution, insisting that the perpetrator should suffer exactly what the victim has suffered.
As we present this petition before the court and its people, we argue for exact retribution for all victims of child abuse. The effects of such abuse do not go away; they may be nummed, but follow an individual throughout the rest of their lives.
Thus, since the victim will suffer until their life ends, so should the offender. We insist that a fair sentence for such a crime should last for a lifetime as well.
71. Child abusers should face felony charges
Child abuse has occured ever since humans have existed and is an overwhelming problem in our society. According to statistics submitted by government websites and historical records, children are dying by the hundreds every day from abusive caretakers, specifically parents or guardians.
According to a 2002 Fact Sheet provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 1500 children died from maltreatment in 2002. Many child abusers end up facing misdemeanors instead of felony charges because of their good behavior and promises to change. Congress has the power to force child abusers to face stiffer penlaties if we can only provide support for this much needed law change.
Also, according to NC's child abuse felonies, Class C and Calss E child abuse felonies must be seen in Superior Court which meets only twice a year. If Congress would allow especially "serious" cases to be classified as Class H or Class I felonies, the district attorneys could plea for the cases to be seen in district court.
This change in setting would make the victim of abuse much safer because the case could be seen sooner.
72. Joshua's Law
My son Joshua was shaken 10 - 15 times on January 1st 2006. He has suffered severe permanent brain injury; everything except his brain stem was permanently damaged. He had two front sub-dural hematomias, and an old bleeding in his cerebellum. He also suffered a skull fracture, and severe bilateral retinal hemorrhaging. The retinal bleeding was so severe that Josh is now only able to see shadows.
A feeding tube had to be surgically placed into his belly, due to the injury leaving him unable to coordinate swallowing with breathing. Joshua also ended up having two Craniotomies, and needed a Ventricular shunt placed into his head. The shunt is a tube with a one way valve that drains all reoccurring extra fluid from his head into his bladder so he can urinate it out. This way he doesn’t need to have doctors continuously going into his head, and giving him opportunities to get infections. Joshua’s overall prognosis is grim, doctors predict that he will keep getting ill due to his weak immune system, and will never live beyond his twentieth birthday. No Mother should have to look at her child and know that her days with him are numbered. Joshua was injured on January first 2006; it’s now over two years later and he is almost three years old. He was recently evaluated to be at a two-three month developmental level.
He cannot hold up his own head, sit, roll over, stand, walk, talk, or see anything more than shadows. Doctor suspect that Joshua will be frozen at this level and may not develop any farther. Even though Joshua didn’t die, he was still robbed of his life. He has lost the chance to enjoy playing with his sister and brother. I don’t get to tuck my baby in at night, because he needs 24 hour nursing care and has to live in a nursing facility. He will never be able to speak, I will never hear him say “I love you mom”. I will never get the chance to see him get married, and he will never have the joy of having children. He has also been robbed time for nurturing; I can not play with my baby.
He can not grow up in a loving home; instead he has to grow up with nurses and doctors. Suffering trying to do the simple things, like picking up his arms, and holding things. No mother should ever have to see her child on a respirator, evaluate her child’s quality of life, make a decision to sign a Do Not Resuscitate document, or have their child be given last rights for an injury that could have been prevented.
This is way I'm proposing "Joshua's Law." Joshua's Law would make all convicted child abusers become nationally registered. We have a right to know who is safe around our children and who is not!
73. STOP CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT!!
I THINK CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS WRONG!!
74. Stop Child Abuse in India and elsewhere
In india for several years there are companies which make fire crackers and lots of other things which are made by the help of the children. The children who make the fire crackers go blind... they get gun powder all over their face or the get skin cancer due to the gun powder and they die.
Either the fire cracker making companies should be closed or the use of fire crackers should get banned. Child abuse gets neglected by the government and this is not only in India but all over the world.
If you open google and type child abuse a column on the side opens in which ther is another form of child abuse in America. Weapons are sold to beat up the children. We should petition against that too. Also we should petition against child molesting. It's time to get children some justice!
75. Stop Child Abuse In School!
I'm on the internet talking to my friend Britt, and she tells me her 8yr old brother's teacher beat him for not wanting to do his homework! This is ridiculus!
WE NEED TO STOP IT! He is an innocent little kid just like me and my friends. I'm only 12 and this is really hard to battle. I talk back and don't do my homework and i don't get beat by a teacher!...PLEASE HELP!
76. Child Abuse Prevention in Ireland
Child abuse in Ireland is growing. This is simply because of the failures of our justice system and our legislators to impliment harsh laws in order to bring these atrocities against children under control.
77. Prosecute for Frauduent Child Abuse Reports
There are too many false reports made regarding child abuse that sometimes certain individuals fall through the cracks of the system. Some people report suspected child abuse to be spiteful and vengeful towards the parent, guardian and caretaker of a child. This causes a buildup of caseloads that child protection services have to investigate, which results in time wasted if the reports are not true. People should be held accountable for their actions and statements, and if they are willing to go as far as to report suspected abuse, then they should willing to back it up if necessary and not hide behind the cloak of anonymity.
If reporters were to be held accountable for their statements and actions and required to give their identity to only the child abuse agencies dealing with the reports, I believe there would be a decrease in the amount of false reports made. If there was a penalty to face for reporting false child abuse allegations then people with vendettas would be discouraged to abuse the system that was designed and set up to protect the abused.
78. Take A Stand Against Child Abuse and Bullying
Child abuse...Bullying...they aren't the same thing but have the same message: "Innocent children being HURT, scarred FOREVER". Governments MUST take a stand against this.
Me, the creator of this petition, is just 15 years old...Yes, I am young. To most of you adults, I'm just a child. But a child can have VERY strong opinions, and mine goes to this subject.
Even if I was never a victim of child abuse, I have been a victim of bullying for many, many years. In school, I growed up alone, or when I wasn't, I was just being hurt. All this to say...I know the pain it inflicts in people who are at the mercy of the bullies...and I'd do anything for a child not to have to suffer it...
Everyone in the world today is extremely strong but at the same time of an incredible weakness. Everyone in the world today will make mistakes, will lose his way at times. When those times happen... it's support we need... we all need it one day or another... maybe one day, it will be you...
...so today, please sign this petition for a child in who needs support or encouragement. To let know to the government that the world's children are being beaten down before even standing up. To let know to th e government that we all care for the esrth's children and that we want measures to be taken, plans to be made, laws to be created, to stop the young, innocent ones, from becoming heart broken before even learning the true meaning of love....