Forcing kids to do household chores with beatings isn’t a federal crime, 6th Circuit rules
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/08/14
An immigrant in Michigan who forced four children from Togo to do household chores with beatings didn’t violate the federal law banning forced labor, a federal appeals court has ruled. The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the behavior of Jean Claude Kodjo Toviave was reprehensible and deplorable,…