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And while Attorney General John Formella and the victims’ attorneys agree that John Broderick was the best choice, the attorney representing most of the victims, David Vicinanzo, says the process as written will fail because it is deeply flawed.
October 10, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/10/10/nh-supreme-court-appoints-broderick-to-administer-100m-ydc-victims-fund/“Rather than forcing victims to choose either accepting a low-ball settlement or pursuing justice through litigation, the process should focus on providing the victims with a true measure of justice outside of litigation that provides just compensation for the grievous harms suffered at the hands of state actors,” Attorneys Rus Rilee and David Vicinanzo, who represent the victims, wrote to Formella.
June 23, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/06/23/lawyers-for-ydc-abuse-victims-blast-attorney-generals-draft-settlement-proposal-as-a-trap/The state’s new proposed schedule to hold “bellwether” trials in the Sununu Youth Services Center abuse scandal is getting called out as a lie by lawyers for the survivors, while the state accuses them of trying to game the cases for cash.
July 19, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/07/19/ydc-trial-schedule-becomes-another-battle-between-victims-lawyers-and-ag-lawyers/The state settlement fund for victims of abuse while incarcerated as children at the Youth Development Center has quietly implemented a temporary hold on claims and payment processing until Aug. 31, causing angst among some who thought they were finally going to get justice.
July 8, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/07/08/ydc-abuse-fund-on-temporary-hold-revised-law-allows-10-years-to-pay-victim-claims/The arrest warrant affidavits against several men charged with abusing children in the Sununu Youth Services Center case, formerly known as YDC in Manchester, are now public for the first time since the investigation began almost five years ago.
June 24, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/06/24/arrest-affidavits-of-accused-ydc-abusers-unsealed-hearing-on-payout-to-first-victim-to-win-civil-suit/The state of New Hampshire’s responsibility for the hundreds of rapes and beatings David Meehan suffered while a teen in state custody is more than proven, and the state cannot get out from under the $38 million verdict, yet, Rockingham Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman ruled this week.
May 15, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/05/15/judge-states-liability-in-ydc-abuse-beyond-doubt-nh-must-pay-38m-verdict/Two of the jurors who awarded David Meehan a record $38 million for the hundreds of rapes and beatings he suffered as a child while in state custody are shocked to learn the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office plans to cap the payout at $475,000.
May 6, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/05/06/meehan-jurors-shocked-at-state-cap-in-ydc-abuse-award/The jury in Rockingham Superior Court is holding the state of New Hampshire to account for the rapes, beatings, and brutality suffered by David Meehan as a child, awarding him $38 million in damages which represents the largest amount awarded in a contested civil liability trial in state history.
May 3, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/05/03/jury-awards-38m-to-first-ydc-victim-largest-in-state-history/As a child in state custody, his attorney says David Meehan was raped at least 200 times. He suffered almost as many beatings, and was forced into hellish solitary confinement for at least 100 days.
May 2, 2024 | https://indepthnh.org/2024/05/02/jury-gets-ydc-abuse-case-as-both-sides-make-final-arguments/