A story that began in silenceSome cases shock us because of what happened. And others, besides being shocking, leave an uncomfortable question hanging in the air for years. Cassidy Goodson’s case belongs to that second group. Not only because of the outcome, but because of everything that happened before, during, and after. Because behind the court file was a 14-year-old girl, a hidden pregnancy, a house with other people inside, and an outcome that still deeply divides those who know about it. The story came to light in Florida in 2012, when Polk County authorities initially charged her with first-degree...
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