Tomorrow, state lawmakers hold a special hearing on child protection and how to prevent another case like the death of three-year-old Desi Irving. This past February in Minneapolis, Desi was beaten to death by her mother. Mildred Irving said she was angry with her daughter for taking some candy. Desi was known to the child protection system, and autopsy reports show she likely suffered a lifetime of torture and abuse. Her mother pleaded guilty, and is currently serving a forty-year sentence. Many of the details of Desi's short life became public in her mother's criminal case, but Desi's juvenile file is still protected by the state's privacy laws. DFL Representative Wes Skoglund, who chairs the House Judiciary committee and called tomorrow's hearing, asked Hennepin County to grant lawmakers access to Desi's file to understand where the system failed to protect her. But a Hennepin County judge gagged all involved, so tomorrow's testimony won't include specifics about Desi's case from juvenile file. Still, Skoglund says it's the kind of case that demands a response from public officials.