Sunday, November 05, 2017

Judge resigns and youth court shut down after baby is taken from mother over unpaid court fees

Cory Doctorow · Saturday, October 28, 2017, 9:47 am

The Youth Court of Pearl, Mississippi has been shut down and its judge, John Shirley (also a Republican Party activist) has been forced to resign after widespread disapproval of his decision to bar a mother from seeing her 4-month-old baby for 14 months over her unpaid court fees.

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