Days after ProPublica featured Molly Cordell in a story about how a North Carolina county illegally tore her from her family and made her homeless, she got a $4 million settlement.
The former director of the Cherokee County Department of Social Services pleaded guilty last week to charges connected with the use of a document that removed children from their parents without oversight from the courts. WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn talks with Carolina Public Press' Kate Martin, who has reported on the story.