A judge hears thousands of cases—but when a 16-year-old begs to stay with his little brother, one truth breaks through and changes everything

— not the large courtroom, but one of the side rooms, dark wood panels, overhead lighting that hadn’t been updated since the eighties and gave everything a slightly timeless quality. There were seats for the public, which in these types of hearings was usually occupied by no one or by social workers with folders.

Today there were some people Marcos continue reading …