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Friday, February 10, 2012

postheadericon Saving lives by empowering the justice system

Dr. Amy Castillo’s three children could and should be alive today.
 
Dr. Castillo, a pediatrician, spent the first days of 2008 in Maryland District Court trying to get a protective order against her abusive husband Mark Castillo. Amy testified that her husband had been involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a suicide attempt and manic-like destructive behavior.  On January 10, 2008, the court, despite hearing further testimony about Mark Castillo’s threats to kill his children, refused to grant a permanent protective order on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

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