The real story is the effect this will have on those "in the system". Social workers, fearing potential criminal liability will undoubtedly opt to break up families more quickly and otherwise err on the side of protecting themselves.
If these individuals actually falsified records or otherwise lied to protect the murderous parents, then the social workers should be prosecuted. What this may be, however, is prosecutorial and judicial overreach and Monday morning quarterbacking.
Regardless, faced with the choice between potential criminal prosecution at the hands of District Attorneys with near limitless resources and civil suits from resourceless parents at or below the poverty line, many social workers will understandably act to protect themselves from the former knowing the latter just isn't going to happen...
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-social-worker-charges-20170320-story.html
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