Legal Opinion
In Re MacKenzie C.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 18, 2005No. 2003-138-Appeal, 2000-452-M.PPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTELL, Justice.
A nine-week-old baby girl is horrifically injured — nineteen fractures with no immediate explanation about how the injuries occurred, no smoking gun to cast blame on a depraved perpetrator. This case brings into sharp focus the inherent difficulties of our legal system, as well as its strengths, as it attempts to sort through the myriad vexations of human affairs that it is called upon to adjudicate in its search for the truth. Here, the right of the child, Mackenzie, to a safe, nurturing, and protective environment seemingly collides with the constitutionally…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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