How Can You Focus on Rights of Criminals, Not Children? Grieving Mom Asks Lawmakers

How Can You Focus on Rights of Criminals, Not Children? Grieving Mom Asks Lawmakers
Erin Rachwal testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance in Washington on March 1, 2023 Screen Capture, courtesy House Judiciary Committee
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“How can you focus on the theoretical rights of criminals over the rights of our children?” Erin Rachwal, whose 19-year-old son died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021, asked members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance.

“This could happen to your family,” she said. “Fentanyl does not discriminate. It is a poison.”