AP IMPACT: Abused kids die as authorities fail to protect

I hate articles like this.  They complain about imperfection.  They tend to increase paranoia in the child worshipers and create problems for families such as child abuse hysteria and knee jerk legislation designed to empower CPS to be quicker to snatch kids.

AP IMPACT: Abused kids die as authorities fail to protect

At least 760 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities -- many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger, The Associated Press has found.