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Podcast: True Crime Recaps
Episode: How the Killing of Lisa Steinberg Changed Child Protection Laws Forever
Description: In November 1987, first responders arrived at a Greenwich Village townhouse to find six-year-old Lisa Steinberg unconscious and severely injured. Her adoptive father, a prominent New York defense attorney, claimed she had choked. But doctors quickly determined Lisa had suffered months of abuse, with injuries far too severe to be accidental.As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a disturbing reality inside the home. Lisa had never been legally adopted, leaving her invisible to the child welfare system. Her adoptive mother, Hedda Nussbaum, was also found to be a victim of extreme domestic abuse, with broken bones...