Elaine Thompson, 64, a social worker who was aware that Michael and Sharen Gravelle forced some of their 11 adopted special- needs children to sleep in cages, avoided a jail sentence Tuesday.
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• Opening statements heard in Gravelle case
• Social worker gets probation
• Social worker makes plea deal
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• Judge rejects new trial in 'cages' case
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• State lashed agency in '06 on Gravelles
• Gravelle juror: County accountable
• Gravelles guilty of endangering, abuse
• Gravelle judge reduces some charges
• Psychologist defends enclosing kids' beds
• Younger children testify they miss seeing Gravelles
• Neighbor testifies against Gravelle
• 'Cages' prosecutor tough on own kids
• Taft OKs changes in adoption process
• Gravelles ordered to give up children
• Gravelles, social worker indicted
• Adoption system called flawed
• Gravelles tell their side of story
• County ignored tip on cages
• Answers few in case of kids found in cages
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