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Thank you for this. It is truly a horrible system. The child and its best interests is the furtherest thing from any court. Lawyers play a game in every case. The consequences of their actions are ignored. Child welfare systems are beyond pathetic. Abuse, molestation, etc are wide spread. Then you have judges who are paid per child sent to an institution. Sickening beyond measure.

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Excellent overview of the areas of concern. The use of AI to identify possible anomalies, bias, and due process irregularities would be particularly interesting.

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You are correct. Multiple interests precede the children's. . . .

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If one looked at other branches of the legal system, would they show the same properties of bias, anomalies and failure to follow due process?

Like your experience in Cumbria? It seems to me that the corruption is world wide. Is this really so?

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Wow, I knew it was bad, but this is incredible.

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Goodness, what a depressing assessment. I pray that the new administration will do so much better over time - with the help of AI or better still better, ASI (artificial super-intelligence as christened by Elon Musk). Families deserve so much better than the current system - especially the children.

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