Friday, December 18, 2009

Effects of crime on children

Today in the courthouse, something I observed almost brought me to tears. Sitting outside a courtroom was a mother with her young son (probably about 2 years old). A man in handcuffs escorted by two officers exited the courtroom. Upon seeing the man, the child jumped from his mother's lap crying and started chasing after the man yelling "Daddy, daddy!"

The child was too young to completely grasp the situation but knew that his father was being taken away from him.

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