How Killing of 6-Year-Old Lisa Steinberg Changed Child Protective Laws

In November 1987 a horror unfolded in Manhattan's tony West Village as attorney Joel Steinberg came home under the influence of crack cocaine and brutally beat the six-year-old he called his daughter. He then left to meet a friend for dinner, and we returned home resumed smoking crack – ignoring the condition of the injured girl he and his domestic partner called Lisa. The next morning she was dead. The case shocked New York City and the country. In this episode of "New York Gritty," host Sal Bono takes a deep dive into how this particular case put forth the discussion of domestic abuse and tightening child protective laws not just in the city but around the nation.