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Murtari has been a vocal proponent for family rights, equal parenting and equal child custody. He climbed the art structure in front of Senator Clinton’s Syracuse office last year in an attempt to get her attention after his letters were ignored and he was refused entrance to her office. Murtari’s group AKidsRight.org is calling for Congressional hearings and ultimately passage of a Family Rights Act.
from AKidsRight.org:
We are not looking for MORE laws, but Civil Rights protection. That parents are both considered Fit & Equal (equal in terms of both physical and legal custody). If anyone (a spouse, relative, social services) wishes to challenge that, you have:
1) The right to counsel.
2) The right to be presumed a fit parent, innocent, and deserving of an equal relationship with your kids.
3) The right to protection of a criminal jury. The “state†needs to prove you were a demonstrated serious and intentional threat to your child’s safety.
Murtari’s being fed with a nasal feeding tube, but it wasn’t always this way. Prison officials waited 10 days before giving him the feeding tube. Murtari had an irregular heartbeat, low blood sugar, blood pressure so low they couldn’t read the second number, and he’d lost 27 lbs.
Murtari is scheduled to be released December 1st and will be with his son a few days later.
Click HERE for more information including video and audio interviews.

