Number	24047
Subject	Children
Source	News-Democrat (Belleville, Ill.)
State	IL
Year	2008
Publication Date	02/17/2008; 05/04/2008; 10/12/2008
Summary	The series focused on how the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services protects children and found problems, including a state law with wording so flawed it couldn't work, major errors in investigating alleged child abuse that ended up accusing innocent parents and repeated errors in the investigation of a murdered boy.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	23
Keywords	children; DCFS; Kalab Lay; custody; child abuse; sex offender
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