Is the Family Court in St. Louis breaking the law?

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...eats-children/

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Months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) uncovered patterns of racially-biased policing in Ferguson and days before the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, a new report from the DOJ details gross civil rights violations in St. Louis’ County Family Court. After reviewing 33,000 cases from 2010 to 2013, the department concluded that children go to trial without lawyers, plead guilty without knowing their rights, and are disproportionately criminalized if they are black.

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Link to report + summary/highlights in linked post.