Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Police Report in Case of 17-Year-Old Girl Who Converted to Christianity and
Doesn't Want to Return to Her Muslim Family:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_30-2009_09_05.shtml#1252085972
From the [1]AP:
The police report, which was ordered sealed for 10 days by a
Florida judge, contains the results of a two-week investigation by
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement into Rifqa Bary's family
and her home life....
The FDLE report is "favorable" to Bary's parents and "indicates
there is no evidence out there whatsoever to corroborate these
accusations," said Roger Weeden, an attorney for Rifqa Bary's
mother, Aysha.
Weeden was cut off from saying any more about the report because it
has been sealed....
The case is headed for a trial in which the judge will hear
testimony and decide whether Rifqa Bary should be returned to [her
parents]....
More on the case in [2]this earlier post. Naturally, if there's no
evidence other than the girl's claim -- contested by her parents --
that the girl will be in jeopardy, she has to be returned to her
parents' custody. Parents' rights can't be permanently abrogated
simply based on unsubstantiated allegations, even if those allegations
echo what some of those parents' coreligionists may have done in other
cases.
References
1.
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/09/attorney_says_police_conclude.html
2. http://www.volokh.com/posts/1250081357.shtml
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