The “Death Penalty” of Child Welfare: In Six Months or Less, Some Parents Lose Their Kids Forever

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the months after a West Virginia court permanently took away their right to parent their daughters this past April, Jackie Snodgrass and her husband were left in a quiet house. The kids’ rooms remained untouched. The same dolls and stuffed animals were arranged on their younger daughter’s bed.…

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