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Ryan Small was trying to keep his ex-wife from moving out of Idaho with their son early last winter when he found out the 16-year-old boy had been secretly married off to another teen, with his mother s permission, in an apparent bid to end the custody battle.A few months earlier, Erin Carver was embroiled in a battle with her ex-husband over whether their 16-year-old girl would remain in Idaho or move to Florida with her father when she learned a similar sham marriage had taken place.The children both slipped through a common legal loophole in child marriage laws across the United States: It often only takes one parent to consent to let a 16- or 17-year-old child get married, and once that child is married custody agreements are moot. Erin Carver stands outside her attorney s office in Boise, Idaho, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Carver is asking the
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stanley cup Court to declare that her ex-husband lacked the legal authority to allow their 16-year-old daughter to marry. Rebecca Boone / AP It s difficult to determine how many minors are married by a parent seeking to
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The grand juries that decided not to indict officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo are part of a system enshrined in the Constitution. The framers considered the grand jury an important check on government power.But now there is growing criticism that government prosecutors can hijack the system to get results they want. Legal anal
af1 ysis: no charges for officer in chokehold case 06:19 The system is under the complete control, under the thumb, of prosecutors, said the Cato Institute s Timothy Lynch, who co-authored a 2003 scathing analysis: A Grand Faccedil;ade: How the Grand Jury was Captured by Government. If t
skechers hey want an indictment they are going to get an indictment, he told me. If they don t want an indictment it won t happen. A grand jury is significantly different from a regular jury in a trial. It meets in secret -- to protect those who may not be charged; prosecutors dictate what evidence and witnesses the jury sees. There s generally no judge or defense attorney. Last week, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCullough defended the grand jury that declined to indict Officer Wilson.
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