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Lethal Lapses

Lethal Lapses

DCFS offers few answers about deaths
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Caseworkers altered files after deaths of children
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The girl who never had a chance; the forgotten boy
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Child victims: their stories
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Cases are reviewed, results are questioned
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LETHAL LAPSES: Child deaths referred to as 'heater cases'
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Can you help identify any more victims?
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Duties of a DCFS worker
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Series prompts DCFS to review agency policy
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Hold DCFS accountable
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Child victims: their stories
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LETHAL LAPSES: Is there a better way to protect children?
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DCFS offers few answers about deaths
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Child abuse hot line
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Can you sue DCFS? The odds aren't very good
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Consequences of child deaths
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Woman: DCFS was indifferent to warning
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DCFS and potential 'heater cases'
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Inspector General fields hot line calls
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One child survived abuse, but her sister didn't
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Lethal Lapses

LETHAL LAPSES: 50 botched cases. 53 dead children.

Fifty-three children died between 1998 and 2005 after state child welfare workers assigned to protect them committed serious errors, made lapses in judgment and ignored their own rules.

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Lethal Lapses - Extra

Child abuse hot line
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Consequences of child deaths
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Child victims: their stories
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DCFS and potential 'heater cases'
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Duties of a DCFS worker
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Inspector General fields hot line calls
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How to get reports
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Reporters George Pawlaczyk, left, and Beth Hundsdorfer

Reporting the series

Reporters George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer talk about Lethal Lapses.

Pawlaczyk and Hundsdorfer talk about the series

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