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On March 23, 2011  Brooklyn District Attorney Charles B. Hynes charged two former staff members of the Administration for Children's Services with criminally negligent homicide, in the death of little Marchella Pierce who died  tragically on Sept 2, 2010 at the hands of her Mother, Carlotta Brett- Pierce   (1)   .  The child's grandmother  Loretta Brett was  arraigned on charges of manslaughter the same day the ACS workers were charged, 23 March 2011.  The District Attorney alleges that the caseworker did not make required home visits in the weeks leading up to the death and that required paperwork was not produced in a timely fashion. The case was open and active at the time of the death, which was caused by the parent. The case was languishing in a protective unit because the Administration for Children's Services has done away with the centralized units where preventive cases were managed. ((PR))   This family has been serviced by a now-defunded private preventive ag