Dr. Randy Alexander

So first of all, when we get a case, we have to decide, is this a case we're going to see?

So that's barrier number one.

Then we decide it's a case that we are going to see.

Then we have to see it and see what we think is going on.

We make some sort of determination about the case.

But let's say it's a case that you think is going to be bad and it's probably going to go to trial.

Well, then you have to convince the Child Protective Services worker or the police to pursue it in some ways and get their verification of it.

They then take that to the prosecutor and they have to say that, yeah, they think there's enough to go on.

And then they have to present it to the judge.

So there's all these multiple barriers in essence that the child has to overcome if they want their story heard.

And their story certainly doesn't end with the child being a pediatrician.

It's really just part of the beginning.

And they have to get through all these other sorts of things.

Then there comes the trial itself.

And then the question is, you know, what are they going to decide during the trial?

And then what's the determination the judge is going to make?

And it's almost kind of something we laugh at.

We wish that we had that much power.

The child abuse pediatrician, oh, yeah, we can make the world shake and do all these things.

No, we don't.