The McMartin preschool trial was a day care sexual abuse case in the 1980s, prosecuted by the Los Angeles District Attorney, Ira Reiner. Members of the McMartin family, who operated a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were charged with hundreds of acts of sexual abuse of children in their care. Accusations were made in 1983, with arrests and the pretrial investigation taking place from 1984 to 1987, and trials running from 1987 to 1990. The case lasted seven years but resulted in no convictions, and all charges were dropped in 1990. By the case's end, it had become the longest and most expensive series of criminal trials in American history.
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users
Opinion | Trump slashed our funding — and the only chance for thousands of kids to get a fair shot in immigration court
More and more kids, and even babies, are being forced to show up for immigration court alone without lawyers, adequate resources or protection.
Multiple Inference and Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects
The view that the returns to educational investments are highest for early childhood interventions is widely held and stems primarily from several influential randomized trials—Abecedarian, Perry,...
Unaccompanied immigrant minors face growing hurdles from the Trump administration crackdown
Many children are having to defend their cases alone before immigration judges, without lawyers, while the government has made it harder for them to leave the shelter system and reunite with their families
ICE sued over “inhumane” conditions at Camp East Montana in West Texas
The El Paso tent camp has seen at least three detainee deaths, a measles outbreak and nearly 50 detention standards violations in less than a year of operation.
Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
ICE, CBP Officers Prefer To Sexually Assault Children When Committing Crimes
The “worst of the worst” are coming for the “worst of the worst.” Of course, this administration has completely given up on this pretense, despite sending out lots of noisy …
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids
Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.
US/Israel: Investigate Iran School Attack as a War Crime
An unlawful attack on a primary school in southern Iran before midday on February 28, 2026 that reportedly killed scores of civilians, including many children, should be investigated as a war crime, Human Rights Watch said today.
Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety
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Ken Paxton wanted to limit forum shopping. Now lawyers say he’s improperly seeking favorable courts.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have identified at least 30 lawsuits filed by the attorney general over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed.
TTP - Meta Ran Hundreds of Paid Ads with Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
TTP has found more than 300 ads with child sexual abuse material that ran on Facebook and Instagram. Some include images of real children.
Kids in ICE Detention Up 10x in Trump’s Second Term
Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.
8 convicted in Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison
Eight people accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa have been sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center during a protest.
