[cherrycapital]

I know these people and this is the worst sort of small-town vendetta against an innocent family that you can imagine. Please call the Governor, (608) 266-1212 and ask him to pardon Kay Henson immediately.

[hsmomx3]

Terrible. I guess the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child has already been implemented. What a time in which to raise children. Pretty frightening.

[Free the USA]

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[Catspaw]

One thing Mrs. Henson is going to learn and learn swiftly that 1) she's now under the supervision of the Department of Probation and Parole (or whatever they're calling themselves these days) and they can, indeed, tell her what she can and cannot do and 2) that probation agents, as well as CPS workers have immunity from suit and 3) she's not going to get that restraining order. Oh, and 4) the Governor is not going to grant her a pardon.

If she keeps acting this way, she's going to find herself revoked in a very short period of time. If the judge imposed and stayed a sentence, she'll end up serving it all. If the judge withheld sentence, she'll go before the judge and he or she will impose a jail sentence. It could be the maximum sentence under law, or it could be a shorter period of time. She will get credit for time served.

If she's lucky, the children may not be taken away and put in foster care, but the possibility that she will not have any contact with the children besides supervised visitation is a distinct possibility.

[Redbob]

Warner Bros. probably want to have Dina Meyer play Kay.

[SpinyNorman]

Kay is a Messianic Jew and they do not cut their or their children's hair for religious reasons. She is now in solitary and on a hunger strike for their refusal to allow her access to needed medical treatment, for their blatant disregrad of her devoutly held religious beliefs and for her illegal incarceration.

Anti-semitism? Racism? Cruel and unusual punishment? Guilty until proven innocent (as in all cases with family "services")?

Where is the freakin' ACLU?

Upon the advice of counsel, she pled guilty to simple battery and was placed on probation (yes, she regrets it).

In this situation, given the abuses of power, admission of guilt is a big no-no.

So where is the talk show? Anyone contacted 60 Minutes? You have to publicly demonstrate the egregious idiocy of these beaurocrats before corrective action will occur.

[E Rocc]

Walworth County Probation Officer Eilene Haffey phone number 262-741-6370

Needs a spanking herself.

-Eric

[Illbay]

Not knowing the details of this case, I would hesitate to jerk the knee and "support" this woman. The whiney "fundamentalists" too often cover up their egregious behavior by making such claims as this. So maybe it's true, maybe not.

Kinda hard to tell from an advocacy group's press release. (Not that they're BIASED or anything...)

[Rodney King]

Let me get this straight: Her 2 1/2 year old kid was wnadering around out on the sidwalk and the mother had no idea?

What's wrong with her?

I just can't believe most of these press releases. The last one we were treated to was the loveable and innocent Christine family. Of course it later turned out that they starved the kid, and the Dad smacked one on the hand producing a terrible wound and did not provide medical attention.

I'll reserve judgement on this one until we know more.

[Dengar01]

Where's Walworth County? Is it by Milwaulkee, G.B., LaCrosse???

[goodieD]

The naysayers in this thread have NO experience with how evil smalltown CPS and probation works. I do. I have friends who have gone through nightmares because of government workers with a little Hitler complex and too much time on their hands. I've also known CPS workers. CPS is one organization that needs a massive overhaul, these people are actually allowed to "embellish" files in order to remove the child from the home. Their offices rely on a lot of government money to keep going. They get a fee for every child they adopt out, that's why they need to remove custody and adopt as soon as they can.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Any law which precludes a parent from raising their child IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.You have absolutely NO RIGHT to have such laws!

[gcruse]

each time she is incarated, county jail
officials refuse to provide her with a breast pump

Makes you wonder how humanity survived
before breast pumps were invented.

[trussell]

I went to the link in the article, and this is close to the top.

7-19-02 morning- Kay Henson OUT of Jail!

I just got a phone call from Kay. She is home, sounds of happy children in the background.

Probation Revoked for "not knowing where her nursing baby was". What hypocrites!

Probation Officer Eilene Haffey said she was going to SUE the Hensons for "making false statements". Then they asked her if she knew they had RECORDED her making those statements.

Hammer the Governor for a FULL PARDON of Kay Henson. Keep hammering the media on this case.

Kay's probation terms had ALL BEEN fulfilled OTHER THAN PAYING $6,000 for the court-appointed attorney. That's the only reason the probation officer was still involved in trying to force Kay to waive her Constitutional Rights. She was still on probation because SHE COULDN'T PAY.

[montag813]

Why didn't she just leave the state at her first opportunity. F*ck the injustice system...I would be in New York in a Wisconsin minute...they would never find her there.

[freekitty]

Why don't they jail Ms. Hagffey? That would seem to be the proper and right thing to do.

[ladyinred]

My gosh, had she murdered her child, Katie would have held a telethon for her.

[gnarledmaw]

"their refusal to allow her access to needed medical treatment"

Thats Wisconsin SOP. The bastards killed one of my relatives the same way.