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AG's office to prosecute FLDS cases

"I am here today to release disturbing information found during my investigation about the deaths, poisonings, rapes and pregnancies of children in our state's foster care system.

"I found, from information provided by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, in Fiscal 2003, 30 foster children died in our state's care; in Fiscal 2004, 38 foster children died; and in Fiscal 2005, 48 foster children died.

"Data shows that while the number of foster children in our state's care increased 24 percent from 26,133 in Fiscal 2003 to 32,474 in Fiscal 2005, the number of deaths increased 60 percent.

"If you compare the number of deaths of children in our state's population to the number of deaths in our state's foster care system, a child is four times more likely to die in our state's foster care system.

"Based on Fiscal 2004 data provided by the Health and Human Services Commission, about 100 children received treatment for poisoning from medications; 63 foster children received medical treatment for rape that occurred while in the foster care system; and 142 children gave birth while in the state foster care system.

from Carole Keeton Strayhorn:Texas Comptroller's
Statement on Foster Care Abuse

Don't get your hopes up. Standards of evidence in criminal trials are a lot higher than the ones CPS has been using.

The DNA won't lie.

so what do you suggest? perhaps the CPS is the wrong approach. Do you have a better suggestion? And I ask because I assume you don't believe that leaving the children in the FLDS compound, behind 10 ft walls and a guardtower, told daily that everything and everyone on the other side is evil, if you leave then you are damned to hell, never to experience the freedoms we hold so dear - is the right thing to do. So what's your idea?

FLDS meets the same challenges any organization made up of humans face when dealing with sex. How can any other like organization make laws concerning sex while understanding nature, knowingly using guilt as the motivating factor is not valid universally. Setting up such a challenge opens the door for abuse of nature and any natural feelings for one another humans may have. We are in a holly war when Religions fight over rights within our justice system ie: movie rating systems/record labeling and now the RFID/RealID brought to us by those that refuse use of condoms. Life is hard. Living it with others who are making a way for you through loving care encompasses many thing and sex is included as a need for humans that do not want to live that life alone. The deception that anyone will be like god knowing good from evil was delivered by the grand deceiver and will never be mans destiny. Gods job is his and his alone. Food and shelter are what we are promised. Setting ones self up to be gods hand in the matter is arrogance on a course for failure. DNA will create more questions than answers.