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One year has passed since Thomas Valva froze to death on the floor of the garage in the home belonging to his father, a now former NYPD officer. (Lisa Finn / Patch)
CENTER MORICHES, NY Sunday marks one year since Thomas Valva, 8, froze to death on the floor of the garage in the Center Moriches home of his father, a now-former NYPD officer, and his father s fiance.
Sunday dawned cold and windy, the cold a biting, bone-chilling reminder of the 19-degree night when Thomas died.
On Sunday, many turned to social media to remind that Justice for Thomas, a rallying cry at myriad rallies after the child s death, has not yet been served.
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In this year alone, the country has witnessed a multitude of momentous court cases that will pave the path for the criminal justice system for years to come.
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg once said: Dissent speaks to a future age. It s not simply to say, My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way. But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time, their views become the dominant view. So that s the dissenter s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.
In this year alone, the country has witnessed a multitude of momentous court cases that will pave the path for the criminal justice system for years to come. At the height of the pandemic, as the coronavirus ravished the world, courthouses curtailed operations, thus putting jury trials at a standstill and delaying other court proceedings. Judges, attorneys, and courts, alike, grappled with enforcing the law while also maintaining
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Riverhead, N.Y.: Justyna Zubko-Valva is pictured with a photo of her son Thomas Valva at the Arthur M. Cromarty Criminal Court Complex in Riverhead, New York on Feb. 6, 2020. Thomas Valva s father, Michael Valva, and his father s girlfriend, Angela Pollina, were arrested on Jan. 24, 2020. They are charged with second-degree murder of Thomas Valva, 8 years-old.Newsday LLC/Newsday via Getty Images
ALBANY – Over the past decade, more than 700 reviews of child deaths in New York were kept hidden by a state agency, decisions denying the public answers about whether Child Protective Services (CPS) workers failed those children.
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