Let us see more articles focusing on the positive side of this very worthy profession. Diane Webster R.N., Huntsville Numbers tell the story I read with great interest Lee Roop's article concerning the court statistics compiled by Ed Massey of Alabama Family Rights Association. I also read the editorial that followed. As a noncustodial father, I would like to have the opportunity to ask a sitting judge what it takes for fathers and children to receive equal protection under Alabama and United States law. Those fathers who do attempt to retain the relationship they have with their children by seeking justice in court face the statistics Massey compiled.
All society uses statistics to track cause and effect.
The Alabama Unified Court System has and does use statistics to set child support and criminal sentencing guidelines. Judge Joseph Battle quoted statistics that, he says, warrant a position of family court judge. Strange to me that we should believe one set of data and ignore or disregard the other as flawed. 71 percent of high school dropouts. 85 percent of the youth in prison.