You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
- Still I Rise, Maya Angelou
In May of this year, the National Civil Police of El Salvador reported that in the first quarter of 2016 224 children were killed in the country--a 105% increase from the first quarter last year. Of the 6,657 murders that occurred in the nation of just over six million people in 2015, 651 were children.
In my experience handling juvenile cases, I have come to believe that there is always going to be a twist or turn in a legal process that might be expected to follow a routine course. It is at such times that the ability to compare notes with the CAIR Coalition attorney can be especially valuable – either because that attorney has seen the issue before or, if not, can share thoughts about what approach should be taken.