Judiciary Committee hearing discussing Nebraska's Safe Haven law on Monday, November 17, 2008.
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Amanda McGill, Health and Human Services, Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven, Todd Landry |
Sen. Amanda McGill questions Todd Landry, director of Health and Human Services, at the Judiciary Committee hearing discussing Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law on Monday, November 17, 2008. McGill said she has received many calls from constituents concerning HHS's lack of services and Landry's inability to "return phone calls." Landry said although he doesn't have time to return all calls personally, every call is returned by a qualified member of his staff. (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more »  PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven |
Scott Wosterel testifies before the Judiciary Committee's hearing on the "Safe Haven" law on Monday, November 17, 2008. Wosterel said he was there to illuminate the psychological damage of being abandoned by a parent. He and his brother were both abandoned by their mother when they were young. "The truth is, I was a good son," Woshtrel said. "My mother was a bad parent." (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Bergen Mercy Hospital, Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Omaha, Safe Haven |
Angela Zurosky testifies before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, November 17, 2008. She works at Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha and has worked with two of the children dropped off under Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law. She said the law is necessary because many of the children come from unsafe environments and parents have no other options. "Nebraska has discovered a big thing," she said, in reference to the plight of many parents and the lack of social services.(MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: DiAnna Schimek, Ernie Chambers, Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven |
Senators Ernie Chambers and DiAnna Schimek confer during the Judiciary Committee's hearing concerning Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law. Both senators are long time members of the Nebraska Legislature and are being forced out due to term limits. The special session will be thir last time serving Nebraska as senators. (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Health and Human Services, Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven, Todd Landry |
Todd Landry, director of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, November 17, 2008. Landry supports LB 1, which would place a 72 hour limit on immunity for abandoning children under Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law. Landry was questioned heavily by senators concerning remarks he has made in the press referring to "bad parents." (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven |
Lavennia Coover testifies before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, November 17, 2008. Coover abandoned her son on October 24, 2008, under Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law. Coover testified that her son has severe behavioral problems and abused her physically. She said she tried to get help from various state agencies, but it was not available. She said she didn't want to leave her son, but she had run out of options. (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: DiAnna Schimek, Ernie Chambers, Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven |
Sen. Ernie Chambers asks a question of a person testifying as Sen. DiAnna Schimek listens during a Judiciary Committee Hearing during the Legislature's special session to deal with the "Safe Haven" law on Monday, November 17, 2008. Chambers is an opponent of "any law that encourages people to abandon their children." (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Bergen Mercy Hospital, Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Omaha, Safe Haven |
Angela Zurosky testifies before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, November 17, 2008. She works at Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha and has worked with two of the children dropped off under Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law. She said the law is necessary because many of the children come from unsafe environments and parents have no other options. "Nebraska has discovered a big thing," she said, in reference to the plight of many parents and the lack of social services. (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |
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Date: 2008-11-17 Keywords: Judiciary Committee, Legislature, Safe Haven |
Lavennia Coover testifies before the Judiciary Committee on Monday, November 17, 2008. Coover abandoned her son on October 24, 2008, under Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law. Coover testified that her son has severe behavioral problems and abused her physically. She said she tried to get help from various state agencies, but it was not available. She said she didn't want to leave her son, but she had run out of options. (MANDATORY CREDIT: Aaron James/Front Page Images) see more » PREVIEW | |