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Group decries handling of child abandonment
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By Jered Stuffco
TORONTO -- Canada's justice system does little to prevent cases of child abandonment, a child rights advocate said Thursday as police in Toronto pleaded for public help to identify an infant girl who was found face down in a freezing parking garage.
Though child abandonment is outlined in the Criminal Code, the offence carries a two-year maximum sentence and cases are rarely brought before the courts, said Grant Wilson, president of the Canadian Children's Right...
