[JustJordan]

You want sad? I don't have the link handy, but there should be a few websites out there with a story about a couple that fostered (eventually adopted) two kids. They kept these kids in diapers and locked inside cribs whenever they were home well into their teens. What bothers a lot of people is how the school system didn't pick up on any of this for many many years.

The sentence for keeping these kids locked up in cribs whenever they were home: 8 months, eligible for parole after 5 months. Why? Because they pleaded guilty.

Go to google.com and look up blackstock foster parents abuse. Blackstock is about 25 miles north east of where I live.

There's a big province-wide and possibly national appeal going on to have the parents sentenced to a much longer term. The kids were essentially sentenced to 12 or so years by foster parents (who are supposed to be screened for this stuff), even though the kids committed no crimes. Why the parents should get off so lightly is beyond my comprehension... and the comprehension of a lot of people.